Archaeological Inspection Journey
Archaeology and Anthropology in KOREA.
Since Old Stone Age, Paleolithic Age to United Shilla Dynasty and GoRyeo Dynasty, we have various era,
＊GONG-JU SEOK-JANG-RI sites(Old Stone Age)
＊CHEONG-JU, HONG-SU-GUL(Old Stone Age)
＊CHEONG-JU HONG-SU-GUL(Old Stone Age)
＊YANG-YANG, Hoe-Am-Sa-ji(GO-RYEO Dynasty)
＊YANG-JU Hoe-Am-Sa-Ji(GoRyeo Dynasty)
＊BAEK-JE Kingdom site
● Classify by era.
＊Old Stone Age, Paleolithic Age
1. CHEONG-JU Hong-Su-Gul site;
This site show us human bones from this cave as a representative relics.
2. GONG-JU, SEOK-JANG-RI relics:
This is actual center place of research of Old Stone Age in Korea.
Furthermore various kinds of stone wares and traces of residence from here.
3. YANG-YANG O-San-Ri relics:
This place show us the later part of Old Stone Age and the period of transform to Comb Pattern Pottery culture era. That is very remarkable point of changes of Old Stone Age to different era
＊New Stone Age, Neolithic Era and the Bronze Age
1. BUSAN DONG-SAM-DONG Shell heap
The relics of Shell heap, we can glance that lifestyle of New Stone Age people and Patterned earthware were found
- GANG-HWA, BU-GEUN-RI Relics
Here is the representative of Bronze Age as huge residence and dolmens were found.
Good place for research of social systems.
＊the Era of history
There Kingdoms period to GORYEO Dynasty
＊BAEK-JE Kingdom historic area, GONG-JU, BU-YEO and IKSAN area.
As a UNESCO’s World heritage, included Castle of BAEK-JE Kingdom, temples, royal tombs and etc. these relics and ruins show us flow together between east Asia and religious cultures and architectures of ancient kingdoms
＊YANG-JU, Hoe-Am-Sa-Ji
As a architectures of Buddhism, we are able to recognize the life style of Dynasty of GORYEO and verify progress of the Buddhism architectures and rules of Buddhism.
Royal tomb of MOO-RYEONG in GONG-JU.
As a Royal tomb of BAEK-JE Kingdom, luxurious structures of red bricks and lots of various Gold, Silver and Stone works we found, we can glance the culture of BAEK-JE Kingdom vivify.
Archaeological site in JEON-GOK-Ri, Yeon-cheon
Area＊778,296m2
Designated date: 1979.10.02
Age: Paleolithic Age
Address: 178-1, Jeongok-ri, jeongok-eup, Yeoncheon-gun, Gyeonggido Province.
Located at the side of the HAN-TAN-GANG River in GYEONG-GI-DO Province, this is one of the oldest ruins from the first of the Old Stone Age found in South Korea.
Its origin is estimated to be between 270,000 to 100,000 years ago.
It was excavated and researched several tiems between 1979 and 1992 following its discovery by American soldiers in 1978.
As a result, various kinds of stoneware including hand axes, missile stones, hand points, hoes and spits were found.
Among these, a hand zxe and a sharp-edged axe having the same shape as stoneware found in Europe and
Africa were found for the first time in the northeastern Asia, and this has drawn the attention of the international academic world.
The discovery of burnt pieces of wood indicates the possibility that mankind have used fire at this time.
As a result of researching the natural environment the bones of wild pig and pollen from oak trees were found.
The prehistoric ruins at Jeongok-ri introduced Korean culture in the Old Stone Age to the international academic world as well as providing important material to illuminate the living patterns if mankind in the Old Stone Age.
They also have a very import and role in the study the culture of the whole northeast Asian region in the Old Stone Age.
↑GO-CHANG DOLMEN Site, North Jeolla Province▲
8001＊Archaeological inspection 21 days
Inspection Route
D＊01＊ICN, InCheon Airport / SEOUL
D＊02＊SEOUL / JEON-GOK
D＊03＊GANG-HWA-DO
D＊04＊GO-CHANG
D＊05＊GO-CHANG
D＊06＊HWA-SUN
D＊07＊JINJU
D＊08＊GO-SEONG
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Day 01＊ICN, InCheon Airport to SEOUL
＊We drive to Go-Chang, North Jeolla Province.
SEOUL→GO-CHANG
273km, 3:20minutes. total 4hours more or less.
We will stop by highway rest area one or two times.
＊Visit first, GO-CHANG DOLMEN museum.
Day 02＊SEOUL to JEON-GOK
It was excavated and researched several tiems between 1979 and 1992 following its discovery by American soldiers in 1978.
As a result, various kinds of stoneware including hand axes, missile stones, hand points, hoes and spits were found.
Among these, a hand zxe and a sharp-edged axe having the same shape as stoneware found in Europe and
Africa were found for the first time in the northeastern Asia, and this has drawn the attention of the international academic world.
The discovery of burnt pieces of wood indicates the possibility that mankind have used fire at this time.
As a result of researching the natural environment the bones of wild pig and pollen from oak trees were found.
The prehistoric ruins at Jeongok-ri introduced Korean culture in the Old Stone Age to the international academic world as well as providing important material to illuminate the living patterns if mankind in the Old Stone Age.
They also have a very import and role in the study the culture of the whole northeast Asian region in the Old Stone Age.
Day 03＊GANG-HWA-DO
Day 04＊SEOUL to GO-CHANG
＊We drive to Go-Chang, North Jeolla Province.
SEOUL→GO-CHANG
273km, 3:20minutes. total 4hours more or less.
We will stop by highway rest area one or two times.
＊Visit first, GO-CHANG DOLMEN museum
Will explore and inspections GO-CHANG area two ~ three full days
↑GO-CHANG DOLMEN Site, North Jeolla Province▲
Day 05＊GO-CHANG
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Day 15＊ICN
Day 16＊ICN
Day 17＊ICN
Day 18＊ICN
Day 19＊ICN
Day 20＊ICN
Day 21＊ICN
BON VOYAGE !
Archaeology and Anthropology in KOREA
Since Old Stone Age, Paleolithic Age to United Shilla Dynasty and GoRyeo Dynasty, we have various era,
＊GONG-JU SEOK-JANG-RI sites(Old Stone Age)
＊CHEONG-JU, HONG-SU-GUL(Old Stone Age)
＊CHEONG-JU HONG-SU-GUL(Old Stone Age)
＊YANG-YANG, Hoe-Am-Sa-ji(GO-RYEO Dynasty)
＊YANG-JU Hoe-Am-Sa-Ji(GoRyeo Dynasty)
＊Baek-Je kingdom site
● Classify by era.
＊Old Stone Age, Paleolithic Age
1. CHEONG-JU Hong-Su-Gul site; This site show us human bones from this cave as a representative relics.
2. GONG-JU, SEOK-JANG-RI relics: This is actual center place of research of Old Stone Age in Korea.
furthermore various kinds of stone wares and traces of residence from here.
3. YANG-YANG O-San-Ri relics:
KOREAN Dolmens
GO-CHANG Dolmens, UNESCO,s World Historical Heritage
Megalithic Culture and Korean Dolmens
About 30,000 Dolmens over Korean Peninsula, and 20,000 Dolmens in Jeolla Province, Southern part of the Country.
In the Korean Peninsula, more than 30,000 dolmens are distributed. Most of them are clustered along the west coast.
Especially, it is in the Honam region( Jeolla province), including GOCHANG in North Jeolla Province, that the largest number of dolmens clustered together is reported.
The Second largest number of dolmens clustered together is reported in the DAE-DONG River basin, North Korea, with their distribution centered upon PYEONG-YANG(North Korea).
Dolmens are also clustered in the NAK-DONG river basin(South Gyeong-Sang Province, Korea), the Han-River basin, and the West Coast region of South Chung-Cheong Province.
It is said that about 55,000 megaliths are found in Europe. However, not only dolmens but also menhirs, stone alignments, stone circles, and so on count in this number.
Thus, the number of dolmens themselves is not that large.
In Europe, it is in Ireland and Caucasia that a relatively large number of dolmens are found. About 1,500 dolmens are reported in Ireland, and about 2,400 dolmens in Caucasia.
This means that it is the Korean Peninsula where the largest number of dolmens is the most densely clustered in the World.
In particular, it is in the Honam region(Jeolla Province) that dolmens are most densely found in the Honam region(Jeolla Province),
this is known as the region where dolmens are most densely clustered in the World.
Korean dolmens show such characteristics as follows:
they are densely clustered; they take diverse shapes; large table-type and go-table type dolmens are founded;
they have diverse kinds of burial chambers;
and polished stone daggers are deposited as grave goods.
Along these characteristics, the appearance of large go-table type dolmens and the deposition of polished stone daggers as grave goods are only reported in the Korean Peninsula.
● Written by Lee YoungMoon, Shin KyungSuk
and translated by Woo JungYoun.
＊Lee YoungMoon: Archaelogy, Ph.D. Korea National University of Education.
＊Shin KyungSuk: Archaelogy, Completed coursework for a Ph.D. Mokpo National University.
＊Woo JungYoun: Ph.D. Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Oxford, UK
● Above contents and information is a little bit of their book on Dolmens of Jeolla province.