Archaeological Sites in South Korea
City/town/settlement in South Korea (4)
Amsa-dong
Amsa-dong is a neighbourhood in Gangdong District of Seoul, South Korea, famous for the Amsa-dong Prehistoric Settlement Site — one of the most significant Neolithic sites in…
Daepyeong
Daepyeong is a complex prehistoric archaeological site located in the Nam River valley near Jinju in South Gyeongsang Province. Pottery typologies and seriations and a host of AMS…
Igeum-dong
Igeum-dong is a complex archaeological site located in Igeum-dong, Samcheonpo in Sacheon-si, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. This prehistoric archaeological site is…
Songguk-ri
Songguk-ri is a Middle and Late Mumun-period (c. 850–300 B.C.) archaeological site in Buyeo-gun, Chungcheongnam-do. Songguk-ri is a settlement and burial site that is important in…
Dolmen in South Korea (2)
Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites
The Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites contain over 1,000 stone dolmens used as grave markers and for ritual purposes during the first millennium BCE when Megalithic Culture…
Yongin Wangsanli Jiseongmyo
The Yongin Wangsanli Jiseongmyo are two Bronze Age megalithic dolmens in Mohyeon-eup, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, designated as Gyeonggi-do Monument No. 22 in 1974. They…
Earthwork in South Korea (2)
Earthen Fortification, Pungnap-dong
Located at the edge of the Han River in present-day Songpa-gu district, this flat earthen wall forms a long oval shape extending north-south and slightly leaning eastward. The…
Mongchontoseong Earthen Fortification
Mongchontoseong is an ancient earthen rampart dating from the Baekje period. The fortification walls are estimated to have been about 2.7 km in length and approximately 6 to 7 m…
Mound/tumulus in South Korea (2)
Gaya Tumuli
A serial UNESCO World Heritage Site (inscribed 2023) comprising seven archaeological cemetery complexes of the Gaya Confederacy, dating from the 1st to 6th century AD in southern…
The Tumuli Park Belt
The Tumuli Park Belt within the Gyeongju Historic Areas contains three groups of royal burial mounds from the Silla Kingdom (57 BC - 935 AD), designated a UNESCO World Heritage…
Palace in South Korea (2)
Banwolseong
Wolseong or Wolseong Palace was a royal palace of Silla. It was located in what is now Gyeongju. The palace was used during the Silla and Unified Silla periods. The palace gets…
The Wolseong Belt
The Wolseong Belt is a fortified palace complex in Gyeongju, South Korea, dating from the 1st to 5th centuries AD during the Silla Kingdom period. This area contains the ruins of…
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