ARCHAEOLOGIA JAPONICA

Korean Peninsula
MURAMATSU Yōsuke1 & KOBAYASHI Takahide2
Fiscal 2021 research trends on the Korean peninsula were discussed. As an overview, there
were two academic conferences held this ﬁscal year: 고 고학 연 구 법의 새로 운 동 향(New Trends of Archaeological Research Methods) (Yeongnam Archaeological Society)where discussion was held on research methods of artifacts, grave systems, landscape,environment, and so on; and “한국”고고학 , 한반도를 넘어서 (“Korean” Archaeology,beyond the Korean Peninsula) (The 45th National Archaeological Conference/The
Korean Archaeological Society) where expansion of studied regions and the relationshipbetween modern society and archaeology were discussed under themes like “Silk RoadArchaeology” and “The Korean Peninsula within Northeast Asia.”
Single publications on the paleolithic to Proto-Three Kingdoms/Lelang Commandery
were: Bae, Gidong 아시아 인류 진화와 구석기 문화 (Human Evolution and Paleolithic
Culture in Asia) (Han-yanghagsulchongseo) that discussed human evolution and diﬀusion
processes in Asia; Jang, Yongjun 동북아시아 현생인류의 확산과 교류 (Diﬀusion andExchanges of Modern Humans in Northeast Asia) (Jininjing) that discussed the origin,
culture, and exchange/diﬀusion of modern humans that emerged on the Korean peninsula;
Lee, Hongjong and Son, Junho 일본문화의 기원 松菊里 문 화 (The Origin of JapaneseCulture Songgunni Culture) (Korean Institute of Archaeology and Environment AcademicSeries 18, Jininjing) that analyzed developmental process of Songgunni culture andevaluated it as a process of establishing a farming system using irrigation hydroponics;
Ho, Junyang 한국식 청동 무기의 동북 아시아 지역 전 개 (Development of Koreanstyle Bronze Weapons in Northeast Asian Regions) (Dong-A University Seokdang
Academic Series 44, Jininjing) that discussed development of Korean style bronzeweapons excavated from the Korean peninsula and northeast Asia; and so on. Other thanthe above, there was an academic conference 동북아시아 신석기 시대 매장 관습과 사회(Burial Practice and Society in Northeast Asian Neolithic Period) (international academic
conference held by Korean Neolithic Research Society) that compared neolithic burial
practices in Northeast Asia including the Japanese archipelago.
As for after the Three Kingdoms period, miscellanies were published that contained
many theses on movements within the Korean peninsula by both Japanese and Korean
1 Cultural Division, Saga Prefectural Government, 1–1–59 Johnai, Saga City, Saga 840–8570, Japan(muramatsu-yosuke@pref.saga.lg.jp)
2 Faculty of Literature, Senshu University, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa 214–8580, Japan

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トルのみ。長体可）●●●IN JAPANresearchers: Habuta Yoshiyuki Sensei Taishoku Kinen Jigyōkai ed. Hito/Haka/Shakai:
Nihon Kōkogaku kara Higashi Ajia Kōkogaku he (People/Grave/Society: From JapaneseArchaeology to East Asian Archaeology) (Yūzankaku), and Tsukamoto Toshio-san Kanreki
Kinen Ronbunshū Jimukyoku ed. Waza to Keigan; Tsukamoto Toshio-san Kanreki KinenRonshū (Skill and Perception: Miscellany Commemorating the 60th Birthday of Mr.
TSUKAMOTO Toshio). Also, there were many theses related to manufacturing techniquesand exchanges of metalworks such as TAKATA, Kanta Akusesarii no Kōkogaku: Wa toKodai Chōsen no Kōshōshi (Archaeology of Accessories: History of Negotiation between
Wa and Ancient Korea) (Yoshikawakobunkan). Other than the above, the Section Meeting
II of ﬁscal 2021 Kanazawa Convention “Hokuriku to Sekai no Kōkogaku (Hokurikuand Archaeology in the World)” of the Japanese Archaeological Association, “KodaiNihonkaiiki ni Okeru Hito no Idō (Movement of People in Ancient Sea of Japan: Ancient
Ports and Related Sites)” was held related to Balhae.

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