Early Korea Project Publications

Early Korea Project Occasional Series

Edited by Mark E. Byington

Volumes in the Early Korea Project Occational Series focus on central issues related to the study of early Korean history and archaeology.

The present volume treats that period of the history of the Korean peninsula characterized by the presence of commanderies first established by the Chinese Han empire in 108 B.C. The ten chapters of this volume address such topics as the societies that preceded the commanderies, the history and material culture of the commanderies, particularly of Lelang, the political and cultural influence the commanderies exerted upon surrounding regions, and the structural character of the commanderies in Korean viewed in broad perspective.
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Edited by Youn-mi Kim

Series Editor, Mark E. Byington

Volumes in the Early Korea Project Occational Series focus on central issues related to the study of early Korean history and archaeology.

This volume includes discussion of a variety of artworks, ranging from gold adornments found in Silla tombs to Koryŏ Buddhist paintings scattered in modern museum and private collections, that provide insight into the religious practices, aesthetics, cross-cultural exchanges, and everyday life of the people who made, used, appreciated, and circulated them. Based on thorough investigations of these artworks, their social context, and related texts, the five chapters in this book elucidate the cross-cultural interactions between the peoples and regions of Korea, China and South and Southeast Asia during the Silla to Koryŏ periods.
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Early Korea is dedicated to developing the fields of early Korean history and archaeology in the English language.

Volume Three features six articles written by Korean scholars who specialize in the subjects presented herein. The featured section includes three articles written on the Kaya polities in Korean history, with focuses on political history, historiography and scholarship, and archaeology. A fourth article introduces the Pokch’ŏn-dong cemetery in the Tongnae region of Pusan, an important site for understanding Kaya and its relations with Silla. Two other articles discuss various aspects of cultural resource management in Korea, the first treating cultural heritage management in South Korea over the past half century, and the second reviewing the important role played by institutes that specialize in archaeological excavation.
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Edited by Richard D. McBride II

Series Editor, Mark E. Byington

This volume addresses several seminal questions associated with the middle and late periods of the Silla kingdom (ca. 668-935): What was the composition of Silla's ruling elite? How did the government evolve over the course of the middle and late periods of Silla's rule? And what were the causes of Silla's demise?

Early Korea is dedicated to developing the fields of early Korean history and archaeology in the English language.

Volume 2 (December 2009), The Samhan Period in Korean History, features three articles examining historical developments and trade relations in the southern part of the Korean peninsula prior to the fourth century A.D., as well as a survey of historical sources available for the study of this period. Other articles present an annotated translation of primary source materials related to the study of the Samhan period and an overview of one of the important archaeological sites associated with Samhan society. The sixth article offers a look at the development of the field of art history in Korea through biographical treatments of two of its pioneers.

Early Korea is dedicated to developing the fields of early Korean history and archaeology in the English language.

Volume 1 (December 2008), Reconsidering Early Korean History Through Archaeology, consists of six scholarly works by specialists active in these fields. Three studies focus on the topic of recent advances in historical archaeology on the Korean peninsula and adjacent regions and how this is changing the ways historians understand the history of the earliest states on the peninsula. Another study surveys the origins and development of ceramic traditions in Korea based on recently recovered archaeological data. Finally, two studies discuss the practice of heritage management in Korea, focusing on rescue archaeology and heritage protection.