Dolmen: Grave Coverings in Sangihe Island

Abstract

Megalithic culture is one of the cultures found and spread almost throughout the archipelago. Sangihe Islands Regency as one of the islands positioned at the northern tip of Sulawesi Island also recognizes megalithic traditions through dolmen remains. The chronology of the dolmen use period began to be recognized in the second century AD, whose distribution until now only exists on the south side of Sangihe Island. This paper uses a qualitative descriptive method that aims to determine the distribution and chronology of dolmen usage period.