Archaeology of Korea : an outline with emphasis on prehistory

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Тематические рубрики

• История - Археология
• Antiquities, Prehistoric - Korea
• Excavations (Archaeology) - Korea
• Korea - Antiquities

Аннотация

Archaeology is thriving in the Republic of Korea, commonly known as South Korea. Thousands of excavations are being conducted and hundreds of voluminous reports are published every year. Remains of the prehistoric inhabitants are found at every corner of the country, and more of them are reported for historical periods. In the absence of a suitable guidebook, this book provides an outline of the archaeological past of Korea. With plenty of photographs, it summarily discusses its prehistory and presents some of the important discoveries of historical archaeology. Readers may appreciate the delicate and immense problems that archaeologists are facing in interpreting the past as they must deal with rapid urbanization and industrialization on one hand and the legacy of the colonial past and the division of the country on the other.