Faunal Remains and Subsistence Economy of the Gungokri Shell Midden Site (ca. Third Century BCE to Fifth Century CE)

Summary

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 faunal findings. In this paper, zooarchaeological research is conducted to discuss subsistence economy at the Gungokri site. Gungokri is a complex settlement site consisting of a shell midden, a residential area, large-scale structure, dolmen, stone-lid burial, kiln, and a moat. The site helps in establishing the early Iron Age chronology of the Jeonnam region of the southwestern Korea. The early Iron Age cultural features can be further elucidated through the diverse artifacts including pottery, stone and bone tools, iron implements, glass beads, jades, and coins. Through fieldwork, we reconstructed phase-by-phase occupations around the Haenam Baekpo Bay. The site study results suggest that this area is noteworthy due to the active interactions between some of the major maritime and coastal polities. This will lead to a further discussion of how the polities along the coastal Korea interacted and developed ecologically and culturally.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Social and Environmental Interactions on Coasts and Islands in Korea   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 37157.0