Transition from the Prehistoric Age to the Historic Age: The Early Iron Age on the Korean Peninsula

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dc.contributor.authorYi, Kisung
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-02T01:53:02Z
dc.date.available2018-03-02T01:53:02Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractIn the prehistoric period in Korea, the appearance of metallurgy is viewed by archaeologists as having a significant impact on the growth of complex societies by providing the technology for greater agricultural production. Within Korean archaeology, the period of 300 to 100 b.c. is classified as the Early Iron Age. The Early Iron Age is situated between the Bronze Age and the Proto–Three Kingdoms period and is culturally significant because it served as a transitional period from the Prehistoric Age to the Historic Age. Despite this significance, the period’s cultural characteristics, area of origin, and relationship with indigenous culture have yet to be explained. The Early Iron Age is primarily defined by the Jeomtodae (clay-striped) pottery culture and slender bronze dagger culture. Although it is generally accepted that ironware culture originated in the Early Iron Age, the Jeomtodae pottery culture and slender bronze dagger culture are not interpreted in the same way all the time. In addition, Chinese literature indicates the names of countries that existed in some parts of the Korean Peninsula. This article aims to examine the concept and cultural characteristics of the Early Iron Age and to review various issues dealt with in studies on the Early Iron Age.
dc.identifier.issn0066-8435 (Print)
dc.identifier.issn1535-8283 (E-ISSN)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/55551
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu)
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 54
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNumber 1
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
dc.subjectKorea
dc.subjectEarly Iron Age
dc.subjectchronology
dc.subjectironware
dc.subjectmetallurgy
dc.subjectcultural contact
dc.subjecthistory vs. prehistory
dc.titleTransition from the Prehistoric Age to the Historic Age: The Early Iron Age on the Korean Peninsula
dc.typeArticle
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