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Located in Amsa-Dong, the Prehistoric Settlement Site (선사주거지) was unearthed in 1925 when a massive flood washed over the banks of the Han River. To date, this Neolithic has been the largest discovered in Korea. The Amsa-Dong Prehistoric Settlement Site depicts the average life of these primitive humans as well as many relics recovered from archeological excavations. The number and quality of these finds is so great, that the site and its artifacts were designated National Historic Relic #267 in 1979. Humans that called this area home not only lived here during the Neolithic period, but also the during the Bronze Age and Baekje.
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Phone: 02-3426-3857/3867
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Prehistoric Culture Festival 2017 takes off in Seoul
13일부터 강동 선사문화축제...거리 퍼레이드 등 펼쳐져
Unbeknownst to many Seoulites... there's actually a prehistoric settlement site in the capital that dates back to the New Stone Age.
Every year, a special 3-day event is held to promote the area in hopes of one day being listed as a UNESCO World Heritage.
Lee Jeong-yeon fills us in on what the festival has to offer.
The Gangdong Prehistoric Culture Festival kicked off on Friday in Gangdong-gu district, east of Seoul.
The annual event takes place at a settlement area dating back to the New Stone Age 6,000 years ago and is known as the Amsa-dong Prehistoric Settlement Site.
The winner of the Pinnacle Awards by the International Festivals and Events Association for four consecutive years, the festival celebrates its 22nd installment this year.
(Stand-up)
Around 400-thousand people visit the festival every year, and they can learn about the historic site and its value through games and interactive events.
The festival features a wide range of programs and activities for visitors to enjoy, including an outdoor prehistoric barbecue and DIY comb-patterned pottery.
(Korean)
This place is a heritage site of Korea, but I hope through this festival it can become a heritage site of the world.
The opening day of the festival was marked by the lighting of the Hope Lanterns, an event that reflects the hopes of residents that Amsa-dong is listed as a UNESCO world heritage.
(Korean)
I am a resident of this area and I definitely think this festival educates people as well as help raise awareness of the significance of this site.
The Prehistoric Culture Festival will continue until October 15, with a lineup of events that include a street parade, performances by Korean artists, and a firework display on the closing day.
Lee Jeong-yeon, Arirang News
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Korean Dolmens
Korean Dolmens
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A dolmen, also known as a portal tomb, portal grave, or quoit, is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of three or more upright stones supporting a large flat horizontal capstone (table), although there are also more complex variants. Most date from the early Neolithic period (4000 to 3000 BC). Dolmens were usually covered with earth or smaller stones to form a barrow, though in many cases that covering has weathered away, leaving only the stone skeleton of the burial mound intact. It remains unclear when, why, and by whom the earliest dolmens were made. The oldest known dolmens are in Western Europe, where they were set in place around 7000 years ago, at the same time as the ancient civilisations of Egypt, India, and the Middle East. Archaeologists still do not know who erected these dolmens, which makes it difficult to know why they did it. The most widely accepted theory is that all dolmens are tombs or burial chambers. Human remains, sometimes accompanied by artifacts, have been found in or close to them, which could be scientifically dated. There is however no firm evidence that even this theory is correct. It has been impossible to prove that these archaeological remains date from the time when the stones were set in place.
The largest concentration of dolmen in the world is found on the Korean peninsula. With an estimated 35,000 dolmen, Korea alone accounts for nearly 40% of the world's total. The largest distribution of these is on the west coast area of South Korea. Three specific UNESCO World Heritage sites at Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa ( Hwasun - 34.9775414°N 126.931551°E) by themselves account for over 1,000 dolmen. The Korean word for dolmen is goindol (hangul:고인돌). Serious studies of the Korean megalithic monuments were not undertaken until relatively recently, well after much research had already been conducted on dolmen in other regions of the world. After 1945, new research is being conducted by Korean scholars. Korean dolmen exhibit a morphology distinct from the Atlantic European dolmen. In 1981 a curator of Seoul's National Museum of Korea, Gon-Gil Ji, classified Korean dolmen into two general types: northern and southern. The boundary between them falls at the Bukhan River although examples of both types are found on either side. Northern style dolmens stand above ground with a four sided chamber and a megalithic roof (also referred to as table type), while southern style dolmens are normally built into the ground and contain a stone chest or pit covered by a rock slab. Korean dolmen can also be divided into 3 main types: the table type, the go-table type and the unsupported capstone type. The dolmen in Ganghwa is a northern-type, table-shaped dolmen and is the biggest stone of this kind in South Korea, measuring 2.6 by 7.1 by 5.5 metres. There are many sub-types and different styles. Southern type dolmen are associated with burials but the reason for building northern style dolmen is uncertain. Due to the vast numbers and great variation in styles, no absolute chronology of Korean dolmen has yet been established. It is generally accepted that the Korean megalithic culture emerged from the late Neolithic age, during which agriculture developed on the peninsula, and flourished throughout the Bronze Age. Thus, it is estimated that the Korean dolmen were built in the first millennium BC. How and why Korea has produced so many dolmen are still poorly understood. There is no current conclusive theory on the origin of Korea's megalithic culture, and so it is difficult to determine the true cultural character of Korean dolmen. A few northern style dolmens are found in Manchuria and the Shandong Peninsula. Off the peninsula, similar specimens can be found in smaller numbers, but they are often considerably larger than the Korean dolmen. It is a mystery why this culture flourished so extensively only on the Korean peninsula and its vicinity in Northeast Asia.
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Prehistoric Culture Festival 2017 takes off in Seoul
13일부터 강동 선사문화축제...거리 퍼레이드 등 펼쳐져
Not many people in Seoul know about it,... but there's actually a prehistoric settlement site in the Korean capital that dates back to the New Stone Age.
Every year, a special event is held to promote the area in the hope that, one day, it will be listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Lee Jeong-yeon reports.
The Gangdong Prehistoric Culture Festival kicked off on Friday in Gangdong-gu district, east of Seoul.
The annual event takes place at a settlement area dating back to the New Stone Age 6,000 years ago and is known as the Amsa-dong Prehistoric Settlement Site.
The winner of the Pinnacle Awards by the International Festivals and Events Association for four consecutive years, the festival celebrates its 22nd installment this year.
(Stand-up)
Around 400-thousand people visit the festival every year, and they can learn about the historic site and its value through games and interactive events.
The festival features a wide range of programs and activities for visitors to enjoy, including an outdoor prehistoric barbecue and DIY comb-patterned pottery.
(Korean)
This place is a heritage site of Korea, but I hope through this festival it can become a heritage site of the world.
The opening day of the festival was marked by the lighting of the Hope Lanterns, an event that reflects the hopes of residents that Amsa-dong is listed as a UNESCO world heritage.
(Korean)
I am a resident of this area and I definitely think this festival educates people as well as help raise awareness of the significance of this site.
The Prehistoric Culture Festival will continue until October 15, with a lineup of events that include a street parade, performances by Korean artists, and a firework display on the closing day.
Lee Jeong-yeon, Arirang News
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The Prehistoric Korea is the era of human existence in the Korean Peninsula for which written records did not exist.
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Living on top of a prehistoric settlement
We live right in the middle of a prehistoric settlement close to the
sea, where people have lived since the ice disappeared.
Jeulmun Period
Jeulmun Period
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The Prehistoric Korea is the era of human existence in the Korean Peninsula for which written records did not exist. The Jeulmun Pottery Period is an archaeological era in Korean prehistory that dates to approximately 8000-1500 BC. It is named after the decorated pottery vessels that form a large part of the pottery assemblage consistently over the above period, especially 4000-2000 BC. Jeulmun means Comb-patterned. A boom in the archaeological excavations of Jeulmun Period sites since the mid-1990s has increased knowledge about this important formative period in the prehistory of East Asia. The Jeulmun is significant for the origins of plant cultivation and sedentary societies in the Korean peninsula. This period has sometimes been labelled as the Korean Neolithic, but since intensive agriculture and evidence of European-style Neolithic lifestyle is sparse at best, such terminology is misleading. The Jeulmun was a period of hunting, gathering, and small-scale cultivation of plants. Archaeologists sometimes refer to this life-style pattern as broad-spectrum hunting-and-gathering. The origins of the Jeulmun are not well known, but raised-clay pattern Yunggimun pottery appear at southern sites such as Gosan-ni in Jeju-do Island and Ubong-ni on the seacoast in Ulsan. Some archaeologists describe this range of time as the Incipient Jeulmun period and suggest that the Gosan-ni pottery dates to 10,000 BP. Samples of the pottery were radiocarbon dated, and although one result is consistent with the argument that pottery emerged at very early date (i.e. 10,180±65 BP [AA-38105]), other dates are somewhat later. If the earlier dating holds true, Yunggimun pottery from Gosan-ni would be, along with central and southern China, the Japanese Archipelago, and the Russian Far East, among a group of the oldest known pottery in world prehistory. Kuzmin suggests that more absolute dating is needed to gain a better perspective on this notion.
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Mumun Period
Mumun Period
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The Prehistoric Korea is the era of human existence in the Korean Peninsula for which written records did not exist. The Mumun pottery period is an archaeological era in Korean prehistory that dates to approximately 1500-300 BC. This period is named after the Korean name for undecorated or plain cooking and storage vessels that form a large part of the pottery assemblage over the entire length of the period, but especially 850-550 BC.
The Mumun period is known for the origins of intensive agriculture and complex societies in both the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese Archipelago. This period or parts of it have sometimes been labelled as the Korean Bronze Age, after Thomsen's 19th century Three-age system classification of human prehistory. However, the application of such terminology in the Korean case is misleading since local bronze production did not occur until approximately the late 8th century BC at the earliest, bronze artifacts are rare, and the distribution of bronze is highly regionalized until after 300 BC. A boom in the archaeological excavations of Mumun Period sites since the mid-1990s has recently increased our knowledge about this important formative period in the prehistory of East Asia.
The Mumun period is preceded by the Jeulmun Period (c. 8000-1500 BC). The Jeulmun was a period of hunting, gathering, and small-scale cultivation of plants. The origins of the Mumun Period are not well known, but the megalithic burials, Mumun pottery, and large settlements found in the Liao River Basin and upper Korea c. 1800-1500 probably indicate the origins of the Mumun Period of Southern Korea. Slash-and-burn cultivators who used Mumun pottery displaced people using Jeulmun Period subsistence patterns. Various Mumun period artifacts have been uncovered including stone daggers, pottery, petroglyphs, and dolmens.
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Amsa-dong Baekje Ancient Tombs
In the heart of the city lies these ancient Baekje Tombs. It is one of the numerous tombs, and sites spread throughout the whole of Korea. These tombs are located in the Amsa-dong neighborhood in Greater Seoul.
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IN FRONT OF A PREHISTORIC HOUSE
Concept: Dragos Gheorghiu
Film by Adrian Serbanescu
© 2013 Dragos Gheorghiu
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철산동 지석묘(Dolmen in Cheolsan-dong)
[한국향토문화전자대전] 철산동 지석묘(Dolmen in Cheolsan-dong)
철산동에 있는 청동기시대의 고인돌이다. 두 개의 굄돌이 덮개돌을 받히고 있는 전형적인 탁자식[북방식] 고인돌이다. 덮개돌은 평면 모습이 긴 네모꼴이며 재질은 화강암이다. 크기는 동서 길이가 292㎝, 남북 길이가 185㎝, 두께는 72∼88㎝이다.
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암사동 선사유적지
암사동 선사유적지는 대한민국의 신석기 시대를 대표하는 유적지로 사적 267호로 등록되었습니다.
1925년 이곳이 신석기주거지로 알려졌으며 1967년부터 본격적으로 발굴조사가 이루어졌습니다.
이곳은 6,000년전 유적이며 30여기의 집터가 발굴되었습니다.
암사동 선사주거지, 서서울여행, 한국여행, Korea Tour TV
서울 강동구 암사동의 대표적인 문화유적지인 암사동선사유적지는 약 6,000년 전에 우리 조상들이 살았던 우리나라의 대표적인 신석기시대 최대 취락지로 학술적 가치가 매우 높은 유적지이다.
이처럼 신석기시대의 유물을 고스란히 간직하고 있는 중요한 유적지를 널리 알리고 교육과 역사문화의 체험 공간으로 활용하기 위하여 암사역사문화대학, 문화유산해설사, 체험프로그램, 1박2일 프로그램,아침조깅시간 무료개방 등 여러가지 행사를 하고있다.
전시실과 체험장 조성을 잘 해 놓아서, 움집체험등 선사시대의 생활모습등을 볼 수 있고 선사시대체험과 교육의 장으로 활용할 수 있는 곳으로서,아이들과 함께 다녀오면 좋은 것 같다.
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