ARCHAEOLOGIA JAPONICA

Korean Peninsula
MISAKA Kazunori1 & CHIKARA Hidenori2
Trends of ﬁscal 2017 study on the Korean Peninsula are overviewed.
Lee Sungsi, MIYAJIMA Hiroshi, KASUYA Kenichi ed. Chosenshi 1; Senshi-Chosenocho(History of Joseon 1: Prehistory, Joseon Dynasty) (Tokyo: Yamakawa Shuppansha, 648 p)
outlined the latest historical and archaeological results related to the Korean Peninsula.
SHODA Shinya, Alexandre Lucquin, Ahn Jae-ho, Hwang Chul-koo, and Oliver E. Craig‘Pottery Use by Early Holocene Hunter-gatherers of the Korean Peninsula Closely Linked
with the Exploitation of Marine Resources’ (Quaternary Science Reviews 170, pp.164-173)
used recently developed pottery lipid analysis to analyze pottery and its adhered material
from the early Neolithic. As a result, it was revealed that analyzed pottery was used
selectively to process aquatic organisms and selective use of pottery according to its shape
already existed at the time. This analysis method will be able to reconstruct objects cooked
and stored in pottery and their function, and future results will be awaited. HARADA
Motoki [Higashi Ajia ni Okeru Sekisei Nogu no Shiyokon Kenkyu (Use-ware Study on
Lithic Farming Implements in East Asia) Tokyo: Rokuichi Shobo, 319 p] conducted use-wareanalysis on lithic farming implements from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age. As a result, it
revealed that use-marks which could be recognized as a harvesting tool were conﬁrmed onstone knifes in and after the Bronze Age (early) and were not recognized on ﬂake lithics.
Use-marks that could be interpreted as earth digging were observed on lithics that are called
digging implements and the possibility was pointed out that a handle was attached to thelithics. It was a signiﬁcant achievement as it proved/veriﬁed usage of lithics through usemark analysis.
MORI Takanori [Sekki no Seisan/Shohi kara Mita Yayoi Shakai (Yayoi Society Seen fromProduction/Consumption of Stone Tools) Tokyo: Kyushu Daigaku Shuppan, 238 p]conducted
quantitative analysis of artifacts in both the Japanese Archipelago and southern Korean
Peninsula under the same criteria in order to reveal the Yayoi period lithic production/formsof consumption in northern Kyushu. It was highly evaluated. Two conferences were held on
1 Faculty of Humanities/Archaeological Research Ofﬁce, Kyushu University, 6–10–1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan(misaka.kazunori.652@m.kyushu-u.ac.jp)
2 Tosu Municipal Board of Education, Contact address undisclosed(hidechikara0121@hotmail.co.jp)
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IN●●●●FOREIGN COUNTRIESa KAKEN project led by TAKASUE Junichi, “Shin/Nikkan Kosho no Kokokgaku: Yayoi
Jidai (New/Archaeology on Exchanges between Japan and South Korea: The Yayoi Period)”and discussions were conducted by both Japanese and Korean researchers on Japanese/
South Korean exchanges in the Yayoi period.
TSUCHIYA Takafumi [Kofun Jidai no Niccho Koryu to Kinkohin (Japan-Korea
Exchanges and Metalcraft in the Kofun Period) Tokyo: Yuzankaku, 316p] analyzed
metalcraft, mainly metal parts of quivers, in the southern Korean Peninsula and in theJapanese Archipelago in the 4th to 7th centuries AD. As a result, it was revealed that sourcesof technological inﬂuence on metalcraft production in Wa was Silla/Daegaya in the early
to middle 5th century AD, then shifted to Baekje on and after the late 5th century AD.
He pointed out the background for migration from Baekje to the Japanese Archipelago
was economic reasons due to active use of the exchange route from Beumgang basin toJapan. YAMAMOTO Takafumi [Kodai Chosen no Kokka Taisei to Kokogaku (NationalSystem of Ancient Korea and Archaeology) Tokyo: Yoshikawa Kobunkan, 328 p] aimed toreconstruct/describe how Baekje and Silla (the Uniﬁed Silla) was inﬂuenced by the Chinese
style control system Ritsuryo and its effectiveness based on archaeological data. It was asigniﬁcant achievement that he was able to reconstruct an aspect of acceptance of Ritsuryo
using archaeological methods that was not possible by document history before.
The Korea Middle Ages Archaeological Society was established, and they held anacademic conference and published the initial issue of the Korea Middle Ages Archaeology.
Progress on Korean Middle Ages archaeology is expected with the establishment of thesociety.

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