Seonbok Yi
Biographic Data
| ID | 3577792 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Seonbok Yi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Seonbok |
| FAMILY NAME | Yi |
| SIGNATURE | YI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Seoul National University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1039-9855 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 173 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Two Contrasting Provenances of Prehistoric Obsidian Artifacts in South Korea: Mineralogical and Geochemical Characteristics
Two provenances – Mount Baekdusan near Sino-Korean border and Kyushu of southwest Japan – are well known for Korean prehistoric obsidian artifacts. We examined the mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of the Baekdusan obsidians and the Kyushu obsidians. Though obsidians are of glassy material, microlites are easily found in the host matrix. Fe-oxides are the most abundant microlite phase, with a lesser amount of clinopyroxene, feldspar, …
An Alternative Approach to the Chronology of Goguryeo Fortresses in South Korea with special emphasis on the Mudeung-ri sites
Application of prompt gamma activation analysis to provenance study of the Korean obsidian artefacts
On the provenance of prehistoric obsidian artifacts in South Korea
Patterns of human evolution in northeast Asia with a particular focus on Salkhit
[Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Forager Organizations in Southeast Asia] New Data on the Hoabinhian: Investigations at Hang Cho Cave, northern Vietnam
Vertebrate burrows in late pleistocene paleosols at Korean Palaeolithic sites and their significance as a stratigraphic marker
A vertebrate burrow-bearing layer of late Pleistocene age is commonly found at many Paleolithic archaeological sites in Korea. The burrows are straight to slightly curved in horizontal (plan) view and gently inclined in lateral (sectional) view. They are interpreted as having been produced by rodent-like mammals based on their size and architecture. The significance of such burrow-bearing layers as a characteristic stratigraphic marker unit is de…
"Thunder-Axes" and the Traditional View of Stone Tools in Korea
Before the introduction of modern archaeology into Korea, prehistoric stone tools were commonly called thunder-axes. In China, the thunder-axe was seen as a heavenly object with medicinal properties from as early as the eighth century AD. This idea had become widespread by the Song Dynasty, when Confucian scholars proposed, instead, a philosophical explanation for their origin and regarded them as a product of nature. The oldest surviving Korean …
Taphonomy at a Distance: Zhoukoudian, "The Cave Home of Beijing Man"? [and Comments and Reply]
Zhoukoudian is often cited as yielding some of the earliest evidence for the use of fire and as documenting "man the hunter" living in caves during the Middle Pleistocene. In addition, it is commonly believed that this important Chinese site documents cannibalism on the part of Middle Pleistocene hominids. We examine the data from Zhoukoudian with several questions in mind: (1) What are the agents responsible for the bone accumulations inside the…
The "Dyuktai Culture" and New World Origins [and Comments and Reply]
The chronology and affinities of the "Dyuktai culture," an Upper Paleolithic assemblage from northeastern Siberia, are discussed. Geoarchaeological and chronometric data suggest that Dyuktai assemblages are no older than the middle part of the early Sartan Glacial (ca. 18,000 B.P.) and are substantially younger than claimed in the Russian literature. Since Dyuktai assemblages have been argued to resemble those of the New World Paleo-Arctic tradit…
On the Upper Paleolithic of Northeast Asia
Observations on the Lower Palaeolithic of Northeast Asia [and Comments and Reply]
The "chopper-chopping-tool tradition" proposed by Movius in 1948 as a characterization of Lower Palaeolithic assemblage variability in East Asia is here examined and rejected. It is argued that its uncritical acceptance in the Western literature has resulted in an inaccurate perception of technological variability and change in this vast region. A brief summary of recent primary source material clearly indicates (1) that there are variable quanti…
On the Lower Palaeolithic of Northeast Asia
Taphonomy at a Distance: Zhoukoudian, "The Cave Home of Beijing Man"? [and Comments and Reply]
Zhoukoudian is often cited as yielding some of the earliest evidence for the use of fire and as documenting "man the hunter" living in caves during the Middle Pleistocene. In addition, it is commonly believed that this important Chinese site documents cannibalism on the part of Middle Pleistocene hominids. We examine the data from Zhoukoudian with several questions in mind: (1) What are the agents responsible for the bone accumulations inside the…
Observations on the Lower Palaeolithic of Northeast Asia [and Comments and Reply]
The "chopper-chopping-tool tradition" proposed by Movius in 1948 as a characterization of Lower Palaeolithic assemblage variability in East Asia is here examined and rejected. It is argued that its uncritical acceptance in the Western literature has resulted in an inaccurate perception of technological variability and change in this vast region. A brief summary of recent primary source material clearly indicates (1) that there are variable quanti…
The "Dyuktai Culture" and New World Origins [and Comments and Reply]
The chronology and affinities of the "Dyuktai culture," an Upper Paleolithic assemblage from northeastern Siberia, are discussed. Geoarchaeological and chronometric data suggest that Dyuktai assemblages are no older than the middle part of the early Sartan Glacial (ca. 18,000 B.P.) and are substantially younger than claimed in the Russian literature. Since Dyuktai assemblages have been argued to resemble those of the New World Paleo-Arctic tradit…
[Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Forager Organizations in Southeast Asia] New Data on the Hoabinhian: Investigations at Hang Cho Cave, northern Vietnam
Patterns of human evolution in northeast Asia with a particular focus on Salkhit
On the Upper Paleolithic of Northeast Asia
Two Contrasting Provenances of Prehistoric Obsidian Artifacts in South Korea: Mineralogical and Geochemical Characteristics
Two provenances – Mount Baekdusan near Sino-Korean border and Kyushu of southwest Japan – are well known for Korean prehistoric obsidian artifacts. We examined the mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of the Baekdusan obsidians and the Kyushu obsidians. Though obsidians are of glassy material, microlites are easily found in the host matrix. Fe-oxides are the most abundant microlite phase, with a lesser amount of clinopyroxene, feldspar, …
"Thunder-Axes" and the Traditional View of Stone Tools in Korea
Before the introduction of modern archaeology into Korea, prehistoric stone tools were commonly called thunder-axes. In China, the thunder-axe was seen as a heavenly object with medicinal properties from as early as the eighth century AD. This idea had become widespread by the Song Dynasty, when Confucian scholars proposed, instead, a philosophical explanation for their origin and regarded them as a product of nature. The oldest surviving Korean …
Observations on the Lower Palaeolithic of Northeast Asia [and Comments and Reply]
The "chopper-chopping-tool tradition" proposed by Movius in 1948 as a characterization of Lower Palaeolithic assemblage variability in East Asia is here examined and rejected. It is argued that its uncritical acceptance in the Western literature has resulted in an inaccurate perception of technological variability and change in this vast region. A brief summary of recent primary source material clearly indicates (1) that there are variable quanti…
On the Lower Palaeolithic of Northeast Asia
Taphonomy at a Distance: Zhoukoudian, "The Cave Home of Beijing Man"? [and Comments and Reply]
Zhoukoudian is often cited as yielding some of the earliest evidence for the use of fire and as documenting "man the hunter" living in caves during the Middle Pleistocene. In addition, it is commonly believed that this important Chinese site documents cannibalism on the part of Middle Pleistocene hominids. We examine the data from Zhoukoudian with several questions in mind: (1) What are the agents responsible for the bone accumulations inside the…
The "Dyuktai Culture" and New World Origins [and Comments and Reply]
The chronology and affinities of the "Dyuktai culture," an Upper Paleolithic assemblage from northeastern Siberia, are discussed. Geoarchaeological and chronometric data suggest that Dyuktai assemblages are no older than the middle part of the early Sartan Glacial (ca. 18,000 B.P.) and are substantially younger than claimed in the Russian literature. Since Dyuktai assemblages have been argued to resemble those of the New World Paleo-Arctic tradit…
On the Upper Paleolithic of Northeast Asia
"Thunder-Axes" and the Traditional View of Stone Tools in Korea
Before the introduction of modern archaeology into Korea, prehistoric stone tools were commonly called thunder-axes. In China, the thunder-axe was seen as a heavenly object with medicinal properties from as early as the eighth century AD. This idea had become widespread by the Song Dynasty, when Confucian scholars proposed, instead, a philosophical explanation for their origin and regarded them as a product of nature. The oldest surviving Korean …
Vertebrate burrows in late pleistocene paleosols at Korean Palaeolithic sites and their significance as a stratigraphic marker
A vertebrate burrow-bearing layer of late Pleistocene age is commonly found at many Paleolithic archaeological sites in Korea. The burrows are straight to slightly curved in horizontal (plan) view and gently inclined in lateral (sectional) view. They are interpreted as having been produced by rodent-like mammals based on their size and architecture. The significance of such burrow-bearing layers as a characteristic stratigraphic marker unit is de…
[Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Forager Organizations in Southeast Asia] New Data on the Hoabinhian: Investigations at Hang Cho Cave, northern Vietnam
On the provenance of prehistoric obsidian artifacts in South Korea
Patterns of human evolution in northeast Asia with a particular focus on Salkhit
An Alternative Approach to the Chronology of Goguryeo Fortresses in South Korea with special emphasis on the Mudeung-ri sites
Application of prompt gamma activation analysis to provenance study of the Korean obsidian artefacts
Two Contrasting Provenances of Prehistoric Obsidian Artifacts in South Korea: Mineralogical and Geochemical Characteristics
Two provenances – Mount Baekdusan near Sino-Korean border and Kyushu of southwest Japan – are well known for Korean prehistoric obsidian artifacts. We examined the mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of the Baekdusan obsidians and the Kyushu obsidians. Though obsidians are of glassy material, microlites are easily found in the host matrix. Fe-oxides are the most abundant microlite phase, with a lesser amount of clinopyroxene, feldspar, …
Archaeology (11 works) · Geography (9 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (9 works) · Geology (8 works) · History (6 works) · History (6 works) · Paleontology (6 works) · Pleistocene (6 works) · Geology (4 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (4 works)