About the Early Korea Project
The Early Korea Project is dedicated to the development of academic study of early Korean history and archaeology, focusing on the periods prior to the eleventh century.
Upcoming Events
SYMPOSIUM - World Prehistory and Ancient Art: Bangudae Petroglyphs of Ulsan, Korea
Sponsored by the Bangudae Petroglyph Institute, University of Ulsan
Thursday and Friday, April 26-27, 2012
Recent Events
HISTORICAL RECONCILIATION IN EAST ASIA: Working Together to Resolve Conflicts
Dr. CHUNG Jae-jeong, President, Northeast Asian History Foundation
Friday, December 2, 2011
4:30 pm
Room K354, CGIS North (Knafel) Building, 1730 Cambridge Steet, Cambridge, MA
THE KING KWANGGAET'O STELE AND KOGURYO HISTORY
Dr. KIM Hyun Sook
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
2:00 pm
Room S050, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Steet, Cambridge, MA
EARLY KOREA PROJECT WORKSHOP: Silk Road Glass in Korea
Four speakers
Friday, September 30, 2011
9:00 am
Room S153, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Steet, Cambridge, MA
Early Korea Project News
- Opening New Class on Early Korean History at Harvard University: Fall 2011 (new)
- Publication of the first volume in the Early Korea Project Occasional Series: State and Society in Middle and Late Silla, edited by Richard D. McBride II
- Opening New Class on Early Korean History at Harvard University: Spring 2011
- Opening New Class on Early Korean History at Harvard University: Fall 2010
- Announcing the second volume of Early Korea
- Early Korea Project Newsletter, Spring 2008, Volume 1 Number 1 (PDF 436 kb)
News on Early Korea
- Numerous Bronze Items Excavated from Earth Pit Tombs at Wŏnjang-dong Site (September 2011) (new)
- 'THEN DIG' blog; Building a Foundation for Korean Archaeology as World Archaeology (August 2011) (new)
- Excavation of an 8000-year-old Neolithic Burial Site (February 2011)
- Silla Cemetery Excavated at Yŏngch'ŏn, North Kyŏngsang (January 2011)
- Stone Chamber Tombs of the Unified Silla Period Excavated at Myŏngnyun-dong in Sungkyunkwan University (October 2010)
- A Stone-lined Burial with Liaoning-style Bronze Dagger Excavated (October 2010)
- Archaeological Features for Iron Production of the Sixth to-Seventh Centuries Excavated in Kimhae, Kyŏngsang Nam-do (October 2010)
- A Large-Scale Paekche Village Unearthed at Hwachach’ŏn (September 2010)
- Wooden Nail Among Artifacts Excavated at Kaya Period Settlement Site in Kimhae (September 2010)
- A Bamboo Strip Edition of the Lunyu Excavated at Chŏngbaek-tong in Pyongyang (November 2009)
- Silla Period Stele Discovered in Hŭnghae, P'ohang (September 2009)
- The Chungsŏng-ni Stele of P’ohang: Text of a Judgment by King Chijŭng (September 2009)
- Paekche Reliquary Discovered at the Stone Pagoda of Mirŭk Temple (January 2009)
- Large-Scale Storage Facilities Discovered at P'ungnap Walled Site (November 2008)
- New Route of Inflow of Iron Culture Found (April 2008)
- Over 1,000 Proto Three Kingdoms Period Relics Excavated at Kyŏngsan (February 2008)
For information contact Dr. Mark Byington at byington@fas.harvard.edu.
