Examining Recent Archaeological Findings at the Bronze Age Korean Settlement of Jungdo Using an Economic Perspective

Summary

This is an abstract from the "New Evidence, Methods, Theories, and Challenges to Understanding Prehistoric Economies in Korea" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Recent archaeological excavations at the Jungdo site, Chuncheon, Korea have revealed a rare ditch-enclosed Bronze Age settlement in which more than 1,000 pit houses and 100 dolmens were found. As a large-scale complex settlement with evidence of spatial demarcation that divides the site into residential, production, storage, and burial areas, the Jungdo site provides valuable information on the lifeways of inhabitants at Bronze Age settlements and their interactions. The site is therefore very important for the Bronze Age settlement studies in Korea. This study presents the general findings of the archaeological excavation and archaeobotanical analysis at the site since 2013. While preliminary, the study also examines potential economic interactions occurred between Jungdo and other Bronze Age settlements present in the North Han River basin through the use of GIS and other computational analysis.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)   •
• New Evidence, Methods, Theories, and Challenges to Understanding Prehistoric Economies in Korea

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Abstract Id(s): 24051