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The Applicable Potential of Using Network Analysis Methods for Historical and Archaeological Research - Focusing on Ancient Beads Excavated from the Yeongsan River Basin and Gaya Region

  • Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University
  • 2022, 79(1), pp.85-115
  • DOI : 10.17326/jhsnu.79.1.202202.85
  • Publisher : Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities
  • Received : January 20, 2022
  • Accepted : February 10, 2022
  • Published : February 28, 2022

Park Junyoung 1

1서울대학교

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ABSTRACT

Network analysis, which was formerly developed in the discipline of Sociology, represents an attempt to explain the social behavior of people in terms of the characteristics of the network of relationships they have formed. This method of analysis uses nodes and edges to visualize data and has thus been widely used. This article examines the applicable potential of using network analysis to study a large quantity of ancient beads which are valuable historical and archaeological materials. As a result of applying network analysis on ancient beads, the distribution, circulation and consumption patterns could be visualized. Prior to this, such interpretations were only conceptually recognized. Furthermore, by expressing the distribution patterns of ancient beads as a network, one example being the excavated beads from the Yeongsan River Basin, it was possible to unravel more of the complexities of their ancient culture, as well as opening up other potential interpretations. Network analysis is not only applicable to a specific type of data nor is the method a fixed one. It can be applied to any type or set of data and the details of the method can be considered and adjusted according to the characteristics of the data. The aim is for network analysis to be more widely and actively conducted and applied for studies in Korean History and Archaeology and also to deepen the discourse.

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