The Bronze Age
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 by LookattheKite
Welcome to Bronze Age! At this time, people used this round bronze metal as a mirror. But actually the leaders of this time utilized this metal to show their authority. Until the New Stone age, the distribution of food was fair but since Bronze Age, with the weapons made, there were a lot of wars between tribes and then, the winners took a large proportion of the profits so the
hierarchical society took place.
The most important remnants in introducing the Bronze Age, I must say, is the dolmen! In korea there are hundreds of dolmens.
At least three large stones are needed to make the dolmen. The two can be set straight, holding out the largest stone tablet. The ancient people built up this dolmen for the dead leaders. From the Bronze age, a hierarchical society has begun so the leaders of the tribes collected surplus food and currencies and became more authoritative. Thereafter, the prehistoric people built this dolmen to honor their leaders. And the pictures
below shows how the dolmen is made.
The left shows people carrying the stone.
Because they used enormous stones, they rolled the stones by putting logs on the road to make the stones roll easily.
Then, when the prehistoric people had set up the foundation stones, they fill sand around those stones.
Next, they roll the stone lid using the method described before.
Once the stone is up on the foundation stones, people remove dirts and finally the a grand dolmen takes shape!
Those swords are made of bronze and they were found in Northern Korea along with the dolmens.
They are called "Bipahyung bronze sword"
This tool, called "Bandal stone knife" is used to cutting grains and plants. Since the New Stone Age, farming had begun so this tool was really useful.
The two holes I think, would have been used to put two fingers to hold it steady.
