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Exploring the Nature of Cultural Exchange and Fusion in the Korean Early Bronze Age through an Examination of Houses with Dual Post Rows of the Yeongseo Region

  • Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University
  • 2017, 74(3), pp.107-158
  • DOI : 10.17326/jhsnu.74.3.201708.107
  • Publisher : Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities
  • Received : June 30, 2017
  • Accepted : July 26, 2017
  • Published : August 31, 2017

Ilhong KO 1

1서울대학교

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ABSTRACT

The use of dual post rows in Bronze Age houses has come to be regarded as an element of the Garakdong cultural assemblage. However, since the turn of the millenium, cases in which dual post rows have been identified in non-Garakdong culture houses have steadily accumulated. Therefore, it may be argued that a detailed study of dual post row houses is presently required. The results of the analysis suggest that in its earliest stage, this tradition of erecting two rows of internal posts was associated with the use of post footstones that were placed upon the house floor, and that the posts were distributed in such a way to maximize the utility of the dwelling spaces that had been divided by the post rows. This early form of dual post row use was identified in the Hwacheon, Hongcheon, Jeongseon, and Yeongwol regions, and later variations were identified in the Chuncheon and Pyeongchang regions. Radiocarbon dates indicate that this building tradition had already been established in the Hongcheon region by 1800~1700 BCE and that by 1400 BCE, regional variations had emerged. It was also identified that this tradition was associated with double- rim pottery and attached band pottery in its early stage and rim-perforated pottery in its later stage. Finally, it was observed that this tradition of dual post row houses shared many similarities with the houses of the Amnok River region and the northeast coastal region of North Korea.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.