Bronze Dagger Culture of Korea

Timeline

1. c. -800–-500Daegu–Gyeongsang region · GyeongsangFrom around the 8th century BCE, Liaodong-style pipa-shaped bronze swords and bronze objects entered the Korean Peninsula and gradually became locally produced; bronze swords and stone molds excavated from southern peninsula tombs show localized bronze smelting and casting, with typological links between dagger forms and Liaodong and Japanese Yayoi artifacts.
2. c. -400–-200Coastal Jeollanam-do · JeollaFrom around the 4th–3rd centuries BCE, slender bronze swords became common; stone sarcophagi, jar burials, and dolmens were used together, and buried bronze weapons and multi-knob mirrors reflect differentiation of a chiefly elite, with cultural influence spreading along the west coast and connecting to subsequent material culture of the proto-Three Kingdoms period.