TRENDS IN ARCHAEOLOGY IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES

Korean Peninsula
MORI Takanori1 & TSUCHIYA Takafumi2
The ﬁscal 2018 research trends regarding the Korean Peninsula are overviewed below.
Chang Yongjoon (“Nihon Tohoku Chiiki no Sekijin Sekkigun Kenkyu” [Study on Blade
Lithics in Northeast Japan] Journal of the Korean Archaeological Society 107, pp. 8-45, inKorean) organized utilization of stone material and technological characteristics for blade
lithics in Tohoku region, Japan. Also, an excavation report was published for Danyang/Suyanggae sites (Dayang Suyanggae Kyusekki Iseki [Paleolithic Sites of Danyang andSuyanggae] Institute of Korean Prehistory/K-water, in Korean).
FURUSAWA Yoshihisa (Tōhoku Ajia Senshi Bunka no Hensen to Kōryu [Transition andExchanges of Prehistoric Culture in East Asia] Rokuichi Shobō, 398p) analyzed pottery
culture, farming tools (polished stone sickle knives), spindles, and spiritual culture (statue/animal shaped objects, petroglyphss) in prehistoric northeast Asia, and revealed prehistoricculture and exchanges of the Korean Peninsula diachronically.
HASHINO Shinpei (Shoki Inasaku Bunka to Toraijin: Sono Rutsu wo Saguru [EarlyRice Farming Culture and the Immigrants: Searching for the Roots] Suirensha, 559p)
analyzed material culture excavated from sites in the Japanese archipelago and Korean
peninsula, calendar dating data, and climate change data comprehensively, and pursued
the origin of early rice farming in the Japanese archipelago and places with connection topeople that came over from Korean peninsula. Also, Hashino modelled the background andmechanisms of cultural diﬀusion.
Results of large symposiums on the Proto-Three Kingdoms were Kaikyō wo Tsūjita
Bunka Kōryu (Cultural Exchanges over the Strait) (13th Joint Archaeological Conference ofKyushu and Reinan) and Doki/Kinzokuki no Kannichi Kōsho (Interaction between Korea
and Japan over Pottery/Metalware) (New/Archaeology of Korea-Japan Interaction; theSecond Joint Conference), and comparative investigation was conducted on burial facilities,pottery, and iron tools by Japanese and Korean researchers. Especially characteristic wasanalysis of Japanese data from viewpoints of Korean researchers.
Results of large symposiums on Three Kingdoms were Kofun Jidai Chūki no Seiken toChōsen Hanto (Kan Hantō) (Sovereignty of Middle Kofun and Korean Peninsula) (15th1 Institute for Research Promotion, Niigata University, Igarashi, Nishi-ku, Niigata 950–2181, Japan(tmori@human.niigata-u.ac.jp)
2 Archives and Mausolea Department, Agency of Imperial Household, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100–8111, Japan(takafumi6473@gmail.com)
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ARCHAEOLOGIA JAPONICAKodai Buki Kenkyūkai) and Kinkōhin kara Mita Kodai Higashi Ajia Sekai no Kōryu(Exchanges of Ancient East Asian World Seen in Metalworks) (Kofun Bunka Kenkyūkai/Institute of Silk Road Study, Kyungbook National University). Both Japanese and Koreanpottery, iron weapons, iron farming tools, burial facilities, and metalworks were comparedon the same standards, and discussions were made on exchanges of both regions based on
the comparison. Also, TERAI Makoto’s Torai Bunka no Kochi nitsuite no Kisoteki Kenkyū:
Shilla/Kayateki Yōsō wo Chūshin to Shite (Fundamental Study on Immigrant Culture:
Mainly on Elements of Silla and Kaya) revealed exchanges between peripheral powersthat are not “central” and do not belong anywhere in Japan and Korean peninsula, whichbecame a new viewpoint of study.
There were many studies on Goryeo celadon porcelain as special exhibitionscommemorating the 1,100th anniversary of founding of Goryeo was held in Japan. Also,
study on white porcelain of the Joseon Dynasty progressed, having a special exhibition on
white porcelain.

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