# Talk:Archaeology of North Korea

The archaeological site at Hukwuri Cave (흑우리 동굴) and the Komun Moru site refer to the same location. This source says: 검은모루 유적은 상원읍에서 3㎞ 남짓 떨어진 흑우리 (黑隅里) 의 야트막한 산인 우문봉 남쪽 비탈에 있다. 1966년 석회석을 채광하다 우연히 여기에 있는 작은 동굴에서 29종의 동물화석과 구석기인의 뗀석기 (打製石器)가 발견됐다. (transl. The Komun Moru site is located on the southern slope of Umunbong, a low hill about 3 kilometers from Hukwuri in Sangwon-ŭp. In 1966, while quarrying limestone, workers accidentally discovered a small cave there containing 29 kinds of animal fossils and Paleolithic stone tools.)
Our article currently implies that they are two separate sites, which is inaccurate. BorgQueen (talk) 17:56, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

@Generalissima BorgQueen (talk) 18:21, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

 Question:   Sorry, your message says three separate things:
"The archaeological site at Hukwuri Cave (흑우리 동굴) and the Komun Moru site refer to the same location." -Is this a clarification, or is this said somewhere, incorrectly?
"This source says 'The Komun Moru site is located on the southern slope of Umunbong, a low hill about 3 kilometers from Hukwuri'" - Is this source correctly stating the two sites are 3 km away from each other, or is the source incorrectly stating they are 3 km away from each other?
"Our article currently implies that they are two separate sites, which is inaccurate."
So these two locations are/are not 3 km away from each other? Or are they the same place? Forgive me for asking, just wanted to know so I could update the version I've been working on at GAN. Oh, also, the source says "In 1966, while quarrying limestone, workers accidentally discovered a small cave there Where the source says "there", where is there at .... Hokwuri, or Komun Moru? Is this the other site that is a mile and a half away? Please advise, if possible. Sorry again for all the questions! Regards,  Spintendo  13:13, 24 October 2025 (UTC)
@Spintendo The news article is indeed inaccurate in that wording. Hukwuri is a geographical name—Ri (리) is a unit that denotes a subdivision of an eup (town, or county) or myeon (township) in Korea. The cave is located within that unit. See this source instead: 검은모루동굴은 평양시 상원군 흑우리에 위치한 구석기시대 전기의 유적으로 북한의 국보 27호다. transl. The Komun Moru Cave is an Early Paleolithic archaeological site located in Hukwuri, Sangwon County, Pyongyang, and is designated as National Treasure No. 27 of North Korea.
BorgQueen (talk) 14:52, 24 October 2025 (UTC)
@Spintendo Oh sorry, mea culpa. My translation of the first source was wrong. A more accurate translation would be:  The Komun Moru site is located on the southern slope of Umunbong, a low hill in Hukwuri (黑隅里), about three kilometers from Sangwon-eup. In 1966, while mining limestone, workers accidentally discovered a small cave there containing fossils of 29 animal species and stone tools (打製石器) made by Paleolithic humans. BorgQueen (talk) 14:56, 24 October 2025 (UTC)
Ok, so it's 3 km from Sangwon-eup, sounds good. Thank you for the clarification! In my draft proposal at GAN, the part where Komun Moro is mentioned, I will place in parenthesis (part of the Hukwuri site). Thanks again!  Regards,  Spintendo  08:13, 30 October 2025 (UTC)
I reworded my draft proposal as "Objects resembling stone tools have been found at Hukwuri Cave (흑우리 동굴), part of the Komun Moru site in Sangwon County, southeast of the North Korean capital of Pyongyang. Hand-axes similar to the Acheulean type have been found there, and at Jeongok-ri, just south of the Demilitarized Zone dividing North and South Korea." Also, I removed the WikiLink from Hukwuri Caves since that just redirects to Komun Moru, which I kept the Wikilink for. Regards,  Spintendo  08:27, 30 October 2025 (UTC)