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Analysis of Ancient Document and Establishment of Petrological Database for Presumption of Stone Source Area of the Seoul City Wall, Korea (한양도성 석재공급지 추정을 위한 고문헌 분석 및 암석학적 데이터베이스 구축)

  • Jo, Young Hoon;Lee, Chan Hee
    • The Journal of the Petrological Society of Korea
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.193-207
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    • 2015
  • This study analyzed ancient documents and established petrological database through extensive field investigation of provenance sites to presume stone source areas of the Seoul City Wall. By summarizing the ancient documents, the rampart stone was mostly supplied from a stony mountain adjacent to the City Wall in the early Joseon period, whereas the stone was provided from fixed quarry outside the City Wall in the late Joseon period. As a result of the petrological investigation based on quarries recorded in the ancient documents, pinkish granite and leucogranite were distributed as a whole, and the granitoid rocks are similar in mineralogical compositions and geochemical behavior characteristics. However, the pinkish granite with magnetic-series show that the magnetic susceptibility increased from the north slope of Namsan Mountain to Bulamsan Mountain. The leucogranite with ilmenite-series mainly occurred along the boundary between granite and gneiss from Yongmasan Mountain to Inwangsan Mountain. Consequently, the important petrological indicators for presumption of stone source areas are the rock color and the magnetic susceptibility. In addition to the petrological features, the reliability for provenance interpretation should improve considering stone quantities in the quarries, transportation distance and technical skills.

A Study on the Grid Land Subdivision of Ancient Local City in Korea (고대 한국 지방도시 격자형 토지구획의 형태특성에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Kyung-Chan
    • Journal of architectural history
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    • v.11 no.4 s.32
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    • pp.45-69
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    • 2002
  • This study aims to find out the genetic characteristics of gridded subdivision area which has its origin from ancient local administrative city-Sangju, Jeonju, Namwon, Kwangju, Chungju. The spatial structure, based on the inter-relationship among gridded subdivision area, city wall, and topographic condition, and the morphological characteristics of gridded subdivision area are analyzed. The points of analysis on morphological characteristics of gridded subdivision area consist of the size of unit block, the organization system of unit block, the orientation of subdivision line. As a result of the analysis, three main characteristics are found. Firstly there can be found no same land subdivision rule among study areas. Secondly, the morphological features of study area were the products of cumulative process of different subdivision areas which were developed in different periods. Thirdly, the original regular gridded land subdivision seems to have been carried out in the object of a farm-land cultivation around 7th century. And there was a change of land-use from farm land to urban land-use during the later 7th century and 8th century.

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Restoration of Iksan Imperial Capital City Structure and Construction Model in Late Baekje from the Point of Ancient Capital City Planning (백제 후기 익산도성 조영계획모델에 대한 도성계획사적 해석)

  • Lee, Kyung-Chan
    • Journal of architectural history
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.31-41
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    • 2015
  • This study aims to draw out planning principles and structure of Iksan imperial capital city in late Baekje, especially in view of the relationship among imperial capital city planning area, skeletal axis and the location of royal castle. With site survey and analysis of historical records, old maps, topographical maps, archeological excavation data, land registration map of 1915, some significant inferences were drawn out. Firstly from the point of topological conditions, the contiguous line of a stratum from Mireuk mountain(彌勒山) to Wangkung-ri castle(王宮里遺蹟) and two waterways made a topological axis of Iksan Imperial capital city. Secondly district of Iksan imperial capital city can be deduced to the inner area north to Kummado soil wall(金馬都土城), south to the confluence of Iksan river(益山川) and Busang river(扶桑川), west to Okum mountain fortress(五金山城) and Galjeon river(葛田川), east to line near to eastern wall of Jesuksa temple(帝釋寺). Iksan ssang-reung(益山雙陵) was located outside western boundary line of capital city. Thirdly axis from Wangkung-ri castle to northern Kummado soil wall made a skeletal axis of city structure. It got through northern lowland along Buk river(北川) between Yonghwa(龍華山) and Mireuk mountain. Fourthly the location of royal palace can be deduced to the north part of the city around Kumma town area along the planning principle of northern royal palace.

Detection Trend of Helminth Eggs in the Strata Soil Samples from Ancient Historic Places of Korea

  • Seo, Min;Chai, Jong-Yil;Kim, Myeung Ju;Shim, Sang Yuk;Ki, Ho Chul;Shin, Dong Hoon
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • v.54 no.5
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    • pp.555-563
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    • 2016
  • For several years, we have conducted a series of studies on the patterns of ancient parasitism prevailing in the soil of rural and urban areas of past Kingdom of Korea. Actually, during our survey of paleoparasitology in archaeological sites of Korean peninsula, numerous ancient parasite eggs were discovered in the samples from the city districts of Hansung (Joseon) and Buyeo (Baikje), the palace moat at Gyeongju (Silla), shell-midden site at Bonghwang-dong (Silla to Joseon), and the reservoir found in Hwawangsansung fortress (Silla). By the paleoparasitological studies, with respect to parasitism in the high-density populations of ancient towns and cities, we have managed to catch glimpses of the patterns prevalent therein: a serious parasitic contamination of the soil in ancient urban areas, but not in rural areas of the past. Our historical research also proposed the plausible mechanism of parasite infection very serious indeed among urban populations in Korean history. Although city dwelling doubtless has accrued significant benefits for people and populations with agriculture, it can be equally supposed that living in such highly populated areas might have facilitated the spread of parasite infection.

A Study on Evaluation of the Ancient Historic District for the Preservation and Development of Ancient Capital - Focus on the Pilot Project Districts in Ancient Capital Gyoengju - (고도(古都)보존 및 육성을 위한 고도지구 가치평가 - 경주시 고도시범사업지구를 대상으로 -)

  • Pan, Xiang;Kang, Tai-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture
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    • v.41 no.4
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2013
  • The "Historic city Preservative law" was legislated for the preservation of cultural properties and enacting regulations of managing the environment around them in 2004. This law was revised to "Historic city Preservative and Development law" in 2012, and specified the criteria for permissible behaviors in the preservative district. Therefore, this paper focused on the ancient capital Gyeongju and developed a comprehensive system for evaluating the value of the ancient historic district based on Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). Through the evaluation of the ancient historic districts, which are the pilot project districts in the "Gyeongju Ancient Capital Preservation Plan", some preferential projects were objectively proposed. As a result, according to the evaluation among 10 ancient historic districts in Gyeongju, Daereungwon got a score of 78.34, which is the highest among 7 special preservation districts. On the other side, the Gyo-dong area got a score of 76.14, the highest among 3 historic and cultural environmental districts. Finally, for the preservation and development of Gyeongju, some efficient preservation and development plans were objectively proposed for the pilot project districts in the "Gyeongju Ancient Capital Preservation Plan".

A Study on the Urban Symbolism of Capital City of Shilla Dynasty -Focused on primitive religion and it's affects on the Matter and Form- (신라왕경의 도시상징성 연구 - 토속신앙 관점에서 본 경관 형식과 내용을 중심으로 -)

    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.65-72
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    • 1999
  • This paper tried to find out the various symbolic meanings and functions of landscape elements which Capital City of Shilla Dynasty contains, and what is the symbolism and identity of the city. Basically, this research took the thought of the place and the theory of cognition on landscape as a research tool, and undertook the process of surveying the physical surroundings of the city such as mountains, forests, tumuluses, mountain fortress walls, etc. Especially, the study referenced to a myth, thought, and a tale related to them of the surroundings. The research scope in time had been reached to the year of BC 57 which is beginning year of Shilla Dynasty form AC 467 which is year of introduction of new urban block system delivered from Dang Dynasty of ancient China. The results of research showed symbolic meanings of mountains and forests which is surrounding the Shilla capital from 4 directions of east, west, south and north. Namely, it was the places that the king of the kingdom of Shilla decent into the earth from the heaven. Also, the tumuluses which are located on the center of the capital imitated the surrounding mountains in forms, meaned the place that the dead king rised to heaven. All of these symbolized the Capital City of Dynasty as a sacred city which linked the heaven to earth, and earth to heaven. Finally, this paper suggested the Kyongju which is one of the most representative historic and tourist city in Korea should reflect this kind of symbolic meaning of ancient Capital City of Shilla Dynasty in case of arranging the urban identity plan to promote the quality of urban environment of Kyongju.

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Genetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA from ancient Equus caballus bones found at archaeological site of Joseon dynasty period capital area

  • Hong, Jong Ha;Oh, Chang Seok;Kim, Sun;Kang, In Uk;Shin, Dong Hoon
    • Animal Bioscience
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    • v.35 no.8
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    • pp.1141-1150
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    • 2022
  • Objective: To understand the domestication and spread of horses in history, genetic information is essential. However, mitogenetic traits of ancient or medieval horses have yet to be comprehensively revealed, especially for East Asia. This study thus set out to reveal the maternal lineage of skeletal horse remains retrieved from a 15th century archaeological site (Gongpyeongdong) at Old Seoul City in South Korea. Methods: We extracted DNA from the femur of Equus caballus (SNU-A001) from Joseon period Gongpyeongdong site. Mitochondrial (mt) DNA (HRS 15128-16116) of E. caballus was amplified by polymerase chain reaction. Cloning and sequencing were conducted for the mtDNA amplicons. The sequencing results were analyzed by NCBI/BLAST and phylogenetic tool of MEGA7 software. Results: By means of mtDNA cytochrome b and D-loop analysis, we found that the 15th century Korean horse belonged to haplogroup Q representing those horses that have historically been raised widely in East Asia. Conclusion: The horse is unique among domesticated animals for the remarkable impact it has on human civilization in terms of transportation and trade. Utilizing the Joseon-period horse remains, we can obtain clues to reveal the genetic traits of Korean horse that existed before the introduction of Western horses.

Numerical Simulation of Air Contaminant Dispersion around Urban City (도심지 빌딩주변 자동차 배가스 분산에 관한 연구)

  • Yu, Kyung-Seok;Ryu, Il-Kwang
    • Journal of environmental and Sanitary engineering
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    • v.21 no.2 s.60
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    • pp.11-19
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    • 2006
  • Ran numerical analysis about simplicity warm current model (simple turbulence model) to examine closely distributed laying stress on NOx of contaminant that happen in downtown that building is massed and result is as following. Downtown building is massed and transfer of vehicles can know that frequent area receives greatly effect of building. Pollution displays class kind phenomenon striking in the building, class kind done pollution that show high density being mixed with pollution that happen in vehicles being flowed in again side know can. Divide velocity vector of pollution and density change to ancient city and did numerical analysis. Because NOx is flowed in diversion of water neighborhood by continuous this kind in Godo 20m point, density showed density of $0.0907mg/m^3s$, and can know that Banryuhyeon that Pollution strikes in the building at ancient city 30m point is decreased and approaches with freedom flowing without cooperation (cavity) phenomenon remarkably. Because pollution strikes in the building at distance shaft 383m point, class kind do phenomenon that know appeared notedly Nopeungeonmulgwanat between building pollution density $0.067mg/m^3$ head of a families high appear.