ROUGH STONE MONUMENTS 



tempted to see a survival of the ancient megalithic 

 chamber. 



These early corridor-tombs are evidently not 

 the work of the Ainu, the aborigines of Japan, 

 but of the Japanese invaders who conquered 

 them. These latter do not seem to have brought 

 the idea of megalithic building with them, as 

 their earlier tombs are simple mounds. As no 

 dolmen has yet been found in Japan we cannot at 

 present derive the corridor- tomb there from it. 

 It is, however, worthy of mention that true dol- 

 mens occur as near as Corea, though none have 

 been reported from China. 



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