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유라시아 대륙의 동쪽 끝에 위치한 한국의 고고학적 과거는 외부에 잘 알려져 있지 않다. 그럼에도 불구하고 대한민국이 신흥 공업국으로 부상하면서, 고고학은 번성하고 있다. 매년 수천 건의 발굴이 이루어지고 있으며, 이로 인해 많은 놀라운 발견들이 이루어지고 있다. 전국 구석구석 선사시대 주민들의 유적이 발견되고 있으며, 그중 더 많은 유적이 역사적 시기에 보고되고 있다. 마땅한 안내서가 없는 상황에서 이 책은 관심 있는 독자들에게 한국 고고학의 개요를 소개한다. 고고학 관련 사진을 풍부하게 실었을 뿐 아니라, 한국의 선사시대 전반에 대해 요약적으로 논하고 역사시대의 중요한 부분들을 제시하고 있다. 이러한 내용은 독자들에게 현대 한국인과 그들의 문화를 형성해 온 한반도 안과 밖에서 일어난 독특한 문화 발전 과정을 이해하는 데 도움을 줄 것이다. Lying at the eastern end of the continental Eurasia, archaeological past of Korea is rather poorly known to the outside world. Nevertheless, with the rise of the Republic of Korea, i.e., South Korea, as a newly industrialized nation, archaeology is thriving. Thousands of excavations are being conducted each year, resulting in many surprising discoveries. 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 introduces interested readers to the outline of Korean archaeology. With plenty of photographs, it summarily discusses the prehistory of Korea in general and presents some of the important discoveries from the historical periods. By doing so, it may help readers to understand the unique course of cultural development that had occurred within and beyond the Korean Peninsula which had shaped the modern Koreans and their culture.

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Acknowledgements
Preface

chapter 1. INTRODUCTION
Archaeology of Korea - A Brief History
Scope of the Monograph
Korean Peninsula - Physical Geography

chapter 2. THE EARLIEST INHABITANTS
Pleistocene Environment
Foundation and Development
The Imjin Basin Handaxes
An Early Palaeolithic?
Upper Palaeolithic Sequence
Towards the Holocene

chapter 3. FROM FORAGERS TO FARMERS
Neolithic in the Northeast Asian Context
Legacy of Colonialism
Neolithic Sequence
Settlement Pattern
Population and Burials
Ecology, Subsistence and Diet
Ending of the Era

chapter 4. BRONZE DAGGERS AND DOLMEN BUILDERS
Bronze Age in Two Koreas
Time and Space ？ Bronze Age without Bronze?
Daggers and Dolmens
Chronology and Periodization
Village and Community
Evidence of Farming
Burials and Social Stratification
A Step Closer to History

chapter 5. EMERGING PEER POLITIES
Arrival of Iron
Bronze Age Extended
Changes in Culture Sphere
Where Are They?
A Theocratic Society?

chapter 6. DAWN OF HISTORY
Early Polities
Buyeo, Eumnu, Okjeo and Lelang
Early Baekje and Its Mahan Peers
Jinhan and Byeonhan
New Orders Emerging

chapter 7. THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD AND AFTER
Korean History - A Quick Overview
Goguryeo
Balhae
Baekje
Yeongsan River Basin before Baekje
Gaya
Silla before Unification
Silla after Unification
After Silla - Goryeo and Joseon

SUMMARY AND PROSPECTS

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