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A geoarchaeological study on rice agriculture in South Korea during the Bronze Age

Heejin Lee (Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge)

Abstract

The Bronze Age in South Korea witnessed the advent of rice cultivation. In particular, it is believed that the transition between Early and Late Bronze Age was characterised by the spread of wet rice agriculture. My research project, which I will briefly explain in this talk, investigates this transition using a suite of geoarchaeological techniques. Samples from the Baeksuk site, which is the largest late EBA settlement in South Korea, the Gulwha site, which is the believed to be one of the earliest paddy fields, and the Pyungge site, which is another BA paddy field, are used as case studies for this research.