Social and Environmental Interactions on Coasts and Islands in Korea

Part of: Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Social and Environmental Interactions on Coasts and Islands in Korea" at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Ecological and cultural settings along coasts and islands have provided archaeologists important data on the peopling of, migrations, cultural interactions and isolations, and niche constructions on oceanic spheres. Islands and coasts in Korea have been shaped by different environmental factors and cultural trajectories throughout the Holocene. This panel aims to discuss the recent data on human-ecological-social dynamics along the west, east, and southern coasts and islands in Korea from the early Holocene onward. Panelists will examine topics on foodways, landscape management, technological change, ideological reflections, and social interactions.

Other Keywords
Neolithic • Coastal and Island Archaeology  • Dating Techniques • Historic • Iron Age • Subsistence and Foodways • Lithic Analysis • Shell Middens • Mortuary Analysis • Zooarchaeology

Geographic Keywords
Kyrgyz Republic (Country) • Japan (Country) • Asia (Continent) • Mongolia (Country) • Republic of India (Country) • People's Republic of Bangladesh (Country) • Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Country) • Union of Myanmar (Country) • People's Republic of China (Country) • Republic of Korea (Country)

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  • Beyond “Maritime”: New Approaches in Understanding Foodways of the Neolithic Coastal Dwellers in the Korean Peninsula during the Early-Middle Holocene (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Seungki Kwak. Sujung Lee. Heegeun Kim.

    This is an abstract from the "Social and Environmental Interactions on Coasts and Islands in Korea" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This study investigates the subsistence and foodways of Neolithic coastal foragers in the Korean Peninsula using an innovative method of organic chemistry. The Neolithic subsistence practice in the Korean peninsula is characterized as “maritime hunting-gathering-fishing.” Throughout the Neolithic period, people...

  • Comparing Population Dynamics in the Inland and the Coastal Regions during the Chulmun Period (10,000–3500 cal BP) in Korea (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Habeom Kim. Gyoung-Ah Lee.

    This is an abstract from the "Social and Environmental Interactions on Coasts and Islands in Korea" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This study examines the population dynamics during the Chulmun period (10,000–3500 cal BP) in Korea by analyzing paleoenvironmental proxies and 14C dates. It specifically focuses on the differences between the inland and the coastal regions concerning the period’s population decline phase in the context of changing...

  • Distributions and Characteristics of the Cave Sites on Jeju Island during Late Pleistocene to Middle Holocene (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Geun Tae Park.

    This is an abstract from the "Social and Environmental Interactions on Coasts and Islands in Korea" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This study examines several cave sites on Jeju Island during the Late Pleistocene to Middle Holocene. Subsistence economy, occupation patterns, and cave usage durations are studied and compared. From 1.8 mya, the Jeju Island began to be formed through hydro volcanic activities. Since then, the continuous activities...

  • Faunal Remains and Subsistence Economy of the Gungokri Shell Midden Site (ca. Third Century BCE to Fifth Century CE) (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Hyounggon Bae.

    This is an abstract from the "Social and Environmental Interactions on Coasts and Islands in Korea" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Haenam Gungokri site (ca. third century BCE to fifth century CE) is a noteworthy, long-occupied early Iron Age site located along the Baekpo Bay at the southwesternmost coast of the Korean Peninsula. Subsistence economy of the Gungokri occupants, however, is still not well understood due to the limited study on...

  • Island in History or in Ecology? The Construction of Monumental Burials in Ulleung-Island in Korea (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Sungjoo Lee. Jiyoon Lee. Jinwoo Kim.

    This is an abstract from the "Social and Environmental Interactions on Coasts and Islands in Korea" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Ulleung Island, a volcanic island located in the middle of the East Sea, is 130 km away from the Korean peninsula. Created 1.4 million years ago, Ulleung is narrow and has limited flat land, yet humans lived intensively on this island from AD 600 to 950. During this period, monumental megalithic tombs were built...

  • Niche Construction of Coastal Farming: Archaeobotanical Approach at the Gungokri Site (150 BCE–400 CE) (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Hyunsoo Lee. Gyoung-Ah Lee.

    This is an abstract from the "Social and Environmental Interactions on Coasts and Islands in Korea" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This paper examines niche construction and traditional ecological knowledge that was sustained over 550 years along the southern coast in Korea with an example from the Gungokri site. Traditional subsistence method along the coast and islands in Korea was based on a combination of farming and fishery, and we found this...

  • Shell Midden Formation and Occupants during The Tamna Period (Third to Tenth Century CE) on Jeju Island (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Hyeonsoo Song.

    This is an abstract from the "Social and Environmental Interactions on Coasts and Islands in Korea" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This study investigates relationships between shell middens and residential sites during the Tamna era (third–tenth century CE) on Jeju Island. The occupation evidence of the Tamna polity can be found along the northern areas from the Halla Mountain. Near the Gwakji shell midden in the northwest, we recovered several...

  • Social Interactions along Korea’s Southern Coastline: The Legacy of the Protohistoric Port of Neukdo (ca. Second Century BCE to First Century CE) (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Ilhong Ko.

    This is an abstract from the "Social and Environmental Interactions on Coasts and Islands in Korea" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The southern coastline of the Korean Peninsula acted as a stage for maritime interactions from as early as the Neolithic. However, with the establishment of an international port of trade at Neukdo Island, the range of the maritime network in operation along Korea’s southern coastline expanded to areas as far away as...