Maritime Prehistory of Korea: An Archaeological Review

Kim, Jangsuk; Seong, Chuntaek

doi:10.1007/978-981-19-1118-7_2

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“…Many of the most socially complex hunter-gatherer adaptations were based on the sea (Rowley-Conwy 1984;Yesner 1980;Fitzhugh 2022). With the onset of farming, the reliance on fishing declined rather suddenly in several regions including Atlantic Europe, Greece, Korea, and Japan (Richards et al 2003;Cramp et al 2014;Berg 2013;Hudson 2021aHudson , 2022bKim & Seong 2022). It is unclear to what extent this was a general trend across Eurasia.…”

Section: Fishing Cycles: Bronze Age Subsistence Over the Longue Duréementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The exploitation of marine resources was an important subsistence strategy during the Neolithic Chulmun period in Korea (Kim & Seong 2022). Close maritime connections were maintained with Jōmon Kyushu (Bausch 2017).…”

Section: Bohai Sea Korean Peninsula and Japanese Archipelagomentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Close maritime connections were maintained with Jōmon Kyushu (Bausch 2017). At the beginning of the Bronze Age Mumun period around 1500 bc, there was a decline in the use of marine resources as the economy shifted to a dependence on cereal farming (Kim 2003;Kim & Seong 2022). It is suggested that during the Bronze Age and following Iron Age Proto-Three Kingdoms era, 'maritime activities were mostly related with long-distance exchange' (Kim & Seong 2022:43).…”

Section: Bohai Sea Korean Peninsula and Japanese Archipelagomentioning

confidence: 99%

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Fernández

2023

Old World J. Anc. Afr. Eurasia

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The Bronze Age was a time of pivotal economic change when new long-distance trading networks became associated with a macro-regional division of labour and decentralised political complexity. These developments occurred against the background of a shifting mosaic of subsistence patterns, which included the east-west exchange of crops across Eurasia and (in some areas) greater use of secondary products. As Bronze Age economies became more specialised and diverse, it might be assumed that there was also an increased emphasis on the procurement and trade of fish and other marine resources. However, archaeological analyses of such resources are limited in contrast to land-based subsistence patterns and many questions remain. This essay aims to build a broad interpretive framework for analysing the role of marine resources in the Bronze Age. Our provisional results find that an increased emphasis on specialist systems of agropastoralism reduced the use of marine resources in many parts of Eurasia during this period. However, evidence from Japan and the eastern Mediterranean suggests that, at least in some regions, marine resources became commodities traded over long-distances by the late Bronze Age, though this requires further quantification. Island Southeast Asia displays a different pattern from other regions considered here in a greater continuity of marine resource use from the Neolithic into the historic era, perhaps due to a lower reliance on agropastoralism.

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Section: Fishing Cycles: Bronze Age Subsistence Over the Longue Duréementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Bohai Sea Korean Peninsula and Japanese Archipelagomentioning

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Section: Bohai Sea Korean Peninsula and Japanese Archipelagomentioning

confidence: 99%

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2023

Old World J. Anc. Afr. Eurasia

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Shell Midden Archaeology: Current Trends and Future Directions

Rick

2023

J Archaeol Res

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Since the 19th century, the study of shell middens has played an important role in archaeological research. Shell midden and broader coastal archaeology have transformed our understanding of human relationships with aquatic habitats, demonstrating the importance of marine environments to human evolution and ecology, the colonization of islands and establishment of maritime trade networks, changing social and political dynamics, and a variety of other issues. During the past two decades, shell midden research has greatly increased, marking an exciting time for new discoveries and heightened collaboration with Indigenous communities. Several key research trends in shell midden archaeology during the past 10–15 years include research on site distribution and temporality, underwater archaeology, historical ecology, terraforming, landscape legacies, and community collaboration. These research trends demonstrate the ways in which shell midden archaeologists are shaping our understanding of the human past and environmental change around the world.

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Maritime Prehistory of Korea: An Archaeological Review

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