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Historical Remains

Tumuli in Yean-ri

  • Historic Site No. 261
  • 369-6 Yean-ri, Daedong-myeon
Tumuli in Yean-ri

Through the excavations conducted by the museum of Busan National University between 1976 and 1980, it was discovered that they were the graves of common people of the Gaya Period. The types of graves discovered up to now are very diverse including, wooden burial chambers, stone coffins, jar coffins, and stone burial chambers. 300 graves have been identified. Numerous relics such as earthenware, ironware, and personal ornaments were excavated. Especially, about 100 human skeletons were excavated, which is quite rare in Korea.
The skeletons are very important material for the research of people lived at the time. And a skeleton with cranial deformation, a custom recorded in Dongijeon section of "Wiseo", Samgukji, was excavated.