The East Asian stone sheds and dolmens called in the present paper are distrlbuted in the Liaodong Peninsula of China，the Korean Peninsula，and Kyushu of Japan．According to studies，dolmens in Kyushu made their firs...The East Asian stone sheds and dolmens called in the present paper are distrlbuted in the Liaodong Peninsula of China，the Korean Peninsula，and Kyushu of Japan．According to studies，dolmens in Kyushu made their first appearance in the second half of the final stage of Jomon period．As commonly recognized in international academic circles，the Kyushu dolmens of Japan are the latest in date among the East Asian stone sheds and dolmens．Recently，based on“C dating，the National Museum of Japanese History antedated the beginning stage of Yayoi period to about 1000 BC，and the second half of the final stage of Jomon period，correspondingly，to more than 1000 BC．As a result，the first appearance of dolmens in Kyushu will be dated much earlier than that in the southern Korean Peninsula，which，obviously，would be an error．展开更多
文摘The East Asian stone sheds and dolmens called in the present paper are distrlbuted in the Liaodong Peninsula of China，the Korean Peninsula，and Kyushu of Japan．According to studies，dolmens in Kyushu made their first appearance in the second half of the final stage of Jomon period．As commonly recognized in international academic circles，the Kyushu dolmens of Japan are the latest in date among the East Asian stone sheds and dolmens．Recently，based on“C dating，the National Museum of Japanese History antedated the beginning stage of Yayoi period to about 1000 BC，and the second half of the final stage of Jomon period，correspondingly，to more than 1000 BC．As a result，the first appearance of dolmens in Kyushu will be dated much earlier than that in the southern Korean Peninsula，which，obviously，would be an error．
