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.
Coming Events
Future Early Korea Project events will be announced as they are scheduled.
Recent Events
New Approach to the Archaeology of Fur Trade in Old Chosun
In Uk KANG
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
4:30 pm
Porte Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge MA
Archaeological Evidence of Social Inequality and Complexity in Early Korea
Yangjin PAK
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
4:30 pm
Porte Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge MA
Five Features of Three Kingdoms Period Architecture
Nancy S. Steinhardt
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
4:30 pm
Porte Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge MA
Announcements
News
The Early Korea Project now has a Vimeo Channel where you can watch some of our lectures on Early Korea. (new)
January 15, 2013: Information on New Discovery of a Koguryo Stele in Ji'an (new)
EKP Publication
Volume 3 of Early Korea is now available. (new)
The special theme of the volume is "The Rediscovery of Kaya in History and Archaeology."
Click here for more information
News on Early Korea Project
- Publication of the first volume in the Early Korea Project Occasional Series: State and Society in Middle and Late Silla
- Opening New Class on Early Korean History at Harvard University: Fall 2011
- 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: The Samhan Period in Korean History
- Announcing the first volume of Early Korea: Reconsidering Early Korean History through Archaeology
- Early Korea Project Newsletter Spring 2008, Volume 1, Number 1 (PDF 436 kb)
News on Early Korea
- New Discovery of a Koguryo Stele in Ji'an (January 2013)(new)
- Discovery of 8000-Year-Old Wooden Boat in Ulchin (August 2012)
- Surveys of Long Walls in Jilin Province, China (April 2012)
- First Excavation of Paekche “Shining Armor” (October 2011)
- Excavation of Bronze Age and Paekche Remains from Construction Site in Tangjin (September 2011)
- Numerous Bronze Items Excavated from Earth Pit Tombs at Wŏnjang-dong Site (September 2011)
- 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.
