Sustained Farming in the Nam River Valley, South-central Korea, through the Mumun/Bronze to early historical periods

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.

This research examines agricultural management, particularly raised field farming from the Mumun/Bronze to early historical periods (3400–1600 cal. BP) along the Nam River in south-central Korea. The study of settlements on alluvial flatlands provides crucial information on early agricultural developments around the world. The Nam River basin is an exemplary case, revealing over 1600 features of dwelling structures, burials, altars, and sequences of agricultural fields across the area of 47 hectares. Research questions include how inhabitants constructed the farming fields and manipulated crops, and ways that this affected both environmental and cultural niches. Multiple lines of evidence for the transition to farming include macro- and micro-plant remains and settlement patterns, as well as a close examination of radiocarbon dates. The research evaluates the Neolithic management of economic plants and the transition to a more closely managed construction of farming landscape in a broad East Asian context.

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): 24036