ARCHAEOLOGIA JAPONICA

Korean Peninsula
MISAKA Kazunori1
Fiscal 2016 research trends of Japan and South Korea on Korean Peninsula areoverviewed herein.
KIM Jaehyeon and KIM Juhui [“Pusan Kadokuto Shutsudo no Shinsekki Jidai noJinkotsu no Maiso Patan ni Kansuru Bunseki (Analysis on Burial Patterns of Neolithic
Human Bones Excavated from Gadeok-do, Busan)” Archaeology: Is It Science? Chugoku
Shoten, pp. 1115–1126] revealed Neolithic burial patterns which were previously
obscured, based on initial/early phases of Neolithic human bones excavated in excellent
condition from Janghang site.
Spatial and temporal changes of artifacts and features from the Bronze Age weregrasped more clearly. SONG Youngjin (A Study on the Burnished Pottery of Bronze
Age in Korea Gyeongsan National University doctoral dissertation, 332p, in Korean)
grasped regionality and temporal changes of burnished pottery in the Bronze Age insouthern Korean Peninsula and indicated processes of formation and localization afterinﬂuences from Liaodong to the northwestern part of Korean Peninsula, as well as thenortheastern Korean Peninsula. NAKAMURA Daisuke (“Formation and Regionalityof Double-rim Pottery in the Korean Bronze Age” Archaeology Quarterly 138, pp.
22–25) recognized continuity among clay-band pottery, double-rim pottery, and othercultural elements. AHN Jaeho and LEE Hongjong (Ed.) [청동기시대의 고고학 2 編年
(Archaeology of the Bronze Age 2: Chronology) Seogyeong Munhwasa, 293p, in Korean]presented the goal of Bronze Age chronological study. MIYAMOTO Kazuo [Tohoku Ajiano Shoki Noko to Yayoi no Kigen (Initial Agriculture of Northeast Asia and the Origin ofYayoi) Doseisha, 311p] pointed out that each phase of “four phases of initial agriculture
in northeast Asia” was accompanied by coastline regression and global cooling. Dueto these factors, a decrease in food production and an increase in population pressure
took place, causing people to move to land suitable for farming, resulting in a factor foragricultural diffusion. Also, he presented a hypothesis that the third and fourth phases
were accompanied by diffusion of “Japonic language.”
As for the Proto-Three Kingdoms and Three Kingdoms of Korea, spatial and1 c/oArchaeology Heritage Management Ofﬁce, Tokushima University, 2–50–1, Kuramoto-cho,Tokushima, 770–8503 Japan(misakaka1@gmail.com)
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temporal changes of artifacts and features were grasped in more detail, and various
discussions were deepened based on this knowledge. TSUCHIDA Junko [Higashi Ajia toKudara Doki (East Asia and Baekje Pottery) Doseisha, 311p] reconﬁrmed that Chinese
ceramics can be used to decide dating of Baekje pottery, and identiﬁed the chronology
and dating of Baekje pottery using Chinese ceramics as well as artifacts from Wa,Shilla, and Gaya that were excavated together. Also, Tsuchida proposed that Baekje
expanded its territory by controlling critical points such as iron ore and gold mines andstrategic points of transportation. KIM Woodae (Ancient Korean and Japan as Seen
through Metalcraft Kyoto Daigaku Gakujutsu Shuppankai, 411p) proposed chronologies
for 5th and 6th century pendant earrings and ornamental swords from Silla, Baekje,Daegaya, and Wa, that have always depended on dating of other artifacts, and reviewed
exchanges and the political relationship between Japanese Archipelago and countries
in the Korean Peninsula. NAKAKUBO Tatsuo [Nihon Kodai Kokka no Keisei Katei
to Taigai Koryu (Formation Process and Foreign Exchanges of the Ancient JapaneseNation) Osaka Daigaku Shuppankai, 333p] examined handicraft production, burial
systems, and settlement structures based on analysis of 3rd to 5th century Japanese andKorean pottery, and pointed out that the center of exchanges between the JapaneseArchipelago and Korean Peninsula/continental China has changed from time to time.
Nakakubo expounded the importance of the inﬂuence of accepted migrants’ culture on
the formation of the Japanese nation, while understanding that “major political power”
in Japan has changed strategies on foreign exchanges. TAKESUE Junichi and HIRAO
Kazuhisa [“Mikumo/Iwara Iseki Banjo Chiku Shutsudo no Sekken (Inkstone Excavatedfrom Banjo District, Mikumo Iwara Site)” Kobunka Danso 76, pp. 1–11] theorized thata stone object excavated from Banjo district, Mikumo Iwara site was an inkstone, basedon comparison with excavated artifacts from Lelang Commandery. LEE Yeongcheoland others (“Taegan-ri Jarabong Tomb in Yeong-am County” Nihon Kokogaku No. 41,pp. 77–85) revealed the dating of Jarabong tomb that was said to be the oldest keyholeshaped mounded tomb as latter half of 5th century.
Although the number of research results for Uniﬁed Silla, Goryeo, Joseon are not somany compared to the pre-Three Kingdoms, archaeological analysis has accumulated
steadily.

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