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The Transition from Foraging to Farming in Prehistoric Korea

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ID2222225
AuthorsGyoung-Ah Lee (0000-0001-7873-6841, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume52
IssueS4
PagesS307-S329
Publication date2011-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCurrent Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0011-3204 • E-ISSN: 1537-5382
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/658488
OpenAlexW2045368616
LanguageEN
Citations received67
References cited51

As a secondary setting of agricultural origins, prehistoric Korea may offer insights into the social interactions involved in crop acquisition and the human modification of local landscapes to accommodate a new agrarian way of life. Recent data may point to Korea as one of several areas where the local domestication of two crops, azuki and soybean, may have taken place. This paper explores various economic adaptations and transitions to resource production in several ecological and social settings, including the central west and southeast coasts, islands on the west coast, and the floodplains in central and southeastern Korea during the Chulmun period (7500-3400 BP). The paper reviews two popular explanations of the transition to food production, environmental impulse and migration, in the context of Korean archaeology and beyond

Agrarian society · Agriculture · Archaeology · Biology · Context (archaeology · Domestication · Economic geography · Foraging · Geography · Prehistory · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Ecology · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

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