• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제54권5호
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• pp.573-583
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• 2016

The review article presents some of the history of how paleoparasitology started in Brazil, making highlight the great responsible Dr. Luiz Fernando Ferreira and Dr. Adauto Araujo, the trajectory of paleoparasitology in Brazil since 1978 and its performance in science to the present day. In sequence, it is made a presentation of parasitological findings on human remains found in archaeological sites in South America, highlighting Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Peru, where major discoveries have occurred. Many of the parasites found in archaeological material and mentioned in this review went out of Africa with the peopling of Europe and from there they dispersed around the world, where climatic conditions allow the transmission. However, humans have acquired other parasites of animals, since humans invaded new habitats or creating new habits adopting new technologies, thus expanding its range of influence on the environment. Thus, this review article is finalized with information that explain the importance of these findings in the interaction between parasites, human host, and ambient.

• Acta Via Serica
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.67-90
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• 2024

India, Southeast Asia in general, and Siam in particular share a long history of cultural and commercial relations. Located in each other's extended neighbourhood, India and Thailand have a shared maritime boundary in the Andaman Sea. Situated in the strategic position, midway between West Asia on the one hand and East Asia on the other, India and Siam combined played a significant role in the maritime transactions in Asia and beyond. The geographical proximity between India and Siam led to multifaceted maritime interactions and exchanges. Siam was in the Indian sphere of cultural, religious, philosophical, technical, and linguistic influence much before the Common Era. The cultural and mercantile networks between India and Siam are well-attested by archaeological and literary sources. The archaeological findings in Siam and other Southeast Asian countries have revealed the dynamic trade and cultural exchange between India and Southeast Asia since the pre-Common Era. The Takola (modern Takua Pa) area served as a more suitable landing place for Indian merchants and there existed the settlement of the Indian mercantile community. Ligor (Nakhon Si Thammarat), Jaya (Chaiya), Patalung (Phatalung), U Thong, Ban Don Tha Pet, Ban U Taphao, Khao Sam Kaeo, and many other sites in Siam have brought to light a large variety of objects which demonstrate that ancient Siam had close mercantile contact with India as well as the Mediterranean world and China. The paper discusses in detail the cultural and trade links between India and Siam and their impact on the Maritime Silk Road.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.337-362
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• 2002

The history and culture of using Zhu to help take food in China is a focal question in contemporary Chinese academic circle and leads to various conflicting ideas. This article, based on original historical documents, archaeological findings, cultural relic authentication, field investigation and the author's long-term thinking, comes up with a series of new conclusions. Firstly, Zhu emerged and developed along with cooked food and granular food served in bowls; secondly, there had been a period of using a single Zhu in China's history before two Zhus being used simultaneously; thirdly, the development of Zhu culture went through five historical periods, namely the former form, the interim form, the Jia form, the Zhu form and chopsticks form. In addition, the author gives out his unique viewpoints on some other relevant questions, including the Zhus which can be dated back to the Neolithic Age unearthed at Longqiuzhuang in Jiangsu province, Jiangzhai in Shanxi province etc, and the bronze utensils in the shape of Zhu unearthed in 1934 at Yin Dynasty ruins in Henan province.

• Acta Via Serica
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.117-140
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• 2021

At the beginning of the Roman imperial period, moralizing authors criticized a material from the East that quickly gained popularity among the elites: silk. During Late Antiquity, the trade, production, and use of purple-dyed silks increasingly became the privilege of the emperors. While literature, court poetry, and laws give insights into the discourses surrounding silk, they are rather unspecific concerning silk qualities. This contribution analyzes the scattered descriptions of silks in Greek and Latin texts in a diachronic perspective, with a focus on the 1^st cent. BCE to the 4th cent. CE, paying particular attention to the terminology, products, origins, and qualities of silk. The aim is to build a framework for comparisons with archaeological silk finds and other textile terminologies along the Silk Roads. Here, the silk finds from the oasis city of Palmyra/Tadmor in modern-day Syria, dating from the 1st cent. BCE to the 2nd cent. CE, will be used as a case study for the early imperial period. Taking these silk finds as a comparison, it will be shown that Greek and Latin terminology does not match the variety of silks known in the Mediterranean. Rather, linguistic differentiations focus on the forms in which silk reached the Mediterranean, as skeins, yarns, and fabrics, as well as on the different kinds of silks that were produced in the West, namely pure silk and half-silken fabrics, checkered "scutlata" damasks, purple-dyed, and gold-embellished silks. In contrast, silks from the East were subsumed under the term for "silks from the silk people" or simply "silks". Moreover, ancient authors do not use the terms in the same way. These findings show the limitations of Western silk terminology and the importance of combining archaeological and written sources.

• Acta Via Serica
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.49-72
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• 2018

The extensive maritime trade network between the Harappan and Mesopotamian civilizations as early as the $3^{rd}$ millennium BCE is a testimony to the long maritime trade history of India. From the dawn of the historical epoch, the maritime trade network of India expanded extensively. The findings of a large number of coins, pottery, amphorae and other materials from Italy and various other European countries, west Asia, China, Korea, Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia and Far-East countries in India, particularly in the coastal regions, are a testimony to the dynamic maritime trade of India with other countries in the early period. Similarly, pottery, sculptures, inscriptions and other materials of Indian origin are also found in those countries. The depiction of different types of ships on the coins, paintings, sculptures, seals and sealing, exhibit the variety of vessels used for navigation and other purposes in the early period. The over 7500 km-long coastline of India is well known for its seaports located at river mouths or outlets to the sea. The Periplus Maris Erythraei, Ptolemy, and Indian literary sources mention many seaports on the western coast of India. Interestingly, archaeological investigations in many of these port towns have yielded material evidence exhibiting their dominant role in transoceanic trade and commerce with many countries in the early period. This paper discusses in detail all the major ancient seaports on the western coast of India and their maritime trade activities. At the outset, the paper briefly deals with the Harappan's maritime network, their seaports and the type of ships of that period. Following this, the maritime trade network of India during the historical period with various countries in the east and west, the traces of Indian influence and materials abroad and foreign materials found in India, the products exported from India, the trade winds and navigational devices and the depiction of ships on the coins, paintings, and sculptures of the period are discussed in detail. After briefly highlighting the coastline of India and its favourable nature for safe anchorage of ships and the strategic position of the seaports of western India, an extensive account of the major ancient seaports of western India like Barygaza, Ashtacampra, Gundigar, Kammoni, Khambhat, Bardaxema, Suparaka, Calliena, Semylla, Sanjan, Naura, Tyndis, Muziris, Nelcynda and other seaports, and their maritime trade activities are given based on archaeological excavations and explorations, literature, epigraphy, foreign accounts, and numismatic evidence.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제61권4호
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• pp.345-387
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• 2023

Paleoparasitology is a discipline that applies existing conventional and molecular techniques to study parasites found in ancient ruins. This review focuses on the history of the discovery of parasites (mostly helminth eggs and larvae) in archaeological soil samples and mummies in Korea from the Three Kingdoms Period to the Joseon Dynasty (100 BCE-1910 CE). We also briefly review important milestones in global paleoparasitology. The helminth species reported so far in Korea included Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, Strongyloides stercoralis (larva), Trichostrongylus sp. (larva), Paracapillaria philippinensis (syn. Capillaria philippinensis), Enterobius vermicularis, Fasciola hepatica, dicrocoeliids, Paragonimus westermani, Clonorchis sinensis, Metagonimus yokogawai, Pygidiopsis summa, Gymnophalloides seoi, Isthmiophora hortensis, Dibothriocephalus nihonkaiensis (syn. Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense), and Taenia spp. tapeworms. The findings obtained by Korean paleoparasitologists/archaeologists have brought about deep insight into the status of helminthic infections in Korea's past populations. Continued paleoparasitological research is essential for further understanding of ancient parasites and parasitic diseases in Korea.

• 헤리티지:역사와 과학
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.4-39
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• 2009

목탑의 기단부는 기단토와 이를 둘러싸는 외장, 계단, 그리고 기타 시설물로 구성되며 각각의 구성 요소들은 만들어진 시기, 장소, 조영세력에 따라 그 외형을 달리하고 있다. 그러나 현재까지 발굴조사를 실시한 백제, 신라~통일신라의 목탑지에서는 고구려의 목탑지에서 확인된 물받이시설, 중국 건축물의 산수(散水), 일본 목탑지에서 확인된 이누바시리(犬走り)가 확인되지 않았다. 일반적으로 지붕에서 떨어지는 우수로부터 기단부를 보호하기 위해 서까래는 기단선 이상으로 내밀어져야 하며 이 때 떨어지는 낙수 등을 처리하기 위해서는 상기한 시설들이 설치되었던 것으로 판단된다. 본 고에서는 이 시설을 낙수받이로 명명하였다. 기 발굴조사된 5~7세기의 한국, 중국, 일본 목탑지 검토를 통해 6세기에 조영된 백제 목탑지와 7세기에 조영된 신라~통일신라 목탑지에서 낙수받이를 확인할 수 있었다. 백제의 경우 6세기에 조영된 군수리사지, 능산리사지, 왕흥사지 목탑지에서 낙수받이가 설치되었으며, 특히 왕흥사지 목탑지의 경우 기단토의 굴광 범위가 당초 백제시대의 기단으로 보이는 부분까지 실시되어 일본 초기 목탑지에서 확인된 경우와 유사하다. 목탑지 조영에는 고려척이 사용되었고 서까래내밀기를 검토하기 위해 평면을 복원한 결과 기단부 길이: 일층탑신 길이:어칸:퇴간의 비례는 군수리사지와 왕흥사지 목탑지가 4.9:2.7:1:0.9로 동일하게 나타났으며 왕흥사지 목탑지에서는 다소 차이가 있으나 군수리사지 목탑지와 왕흥사지 목탑지의 주망관계는 어칸 2.49m, 퇴칸 2.14m로 동일하게 나타나 당시 목탑 조영에 있어서 일정한 척도 적용 및 계획이 있었던 것으로 판단된다. 그러나 7세기에 들어서면서 용정리사지, 제석사지, 미륵사지 등 전사기는 다른 대형 기단부를 가진 목탑지가 출현하면서 더 이상 낙수받이가 설치되지 않았던 것으로 판단된다. 신라~통일신라 목탑지의 경우 영묘사지, 황룡사지, 사천왕사지 목탑지에서 낙수받이가 설치되었을 것으로 판단하였다. 영묘사지 목탑지의 경우 폭 1.8m 할석렬이, 황룡사지 목탑지는 제2탑구석의 범위가, 사천왕사지 목탑지에서는 하층기단 지대석의 설치 형상이 능산리사지 목탑지와 유사함을 검토하여 낙수받이임을 확인하였다. 신라~통일신라 목탑지는 그 조영 자체가 7세기에 들어오면서 시작되어 초기에는 비교적 목탑의 구성요소를 충실히 표현하였지만 사천왕사지 목탑지 조영 시점을 경계로 이러한 낙수받이는 더 이상 확인되지 않는다.

• 헤리티지:역사와 과학
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• 제57권3호
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• pp.24-35
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• 2024

최근 의료, 제조, 자율주행, 보안 등 다양한 분야에서 인공지능과 컨볼루션 신경망 등 딥러닝 기술을 활용한 연구들이 활발하게 진행되고 있으며, 사회 전반에 적지 않은 영향을 미치고 있다. 본 연구 또한 이러한 흐름에 맞춰서 고고학 유물 분류에 딥러닝을 활용해 보았다. 즉, 연구는 고고학 조사를 통해 출토된 고대 수막새의 이미지 분류에 딥러닝 기술을 적용하는 초보적 시도로서, 고구려, 백제, 신라 시대의 수막새 이미지를 CNN 모델로 학습시켜 분류를 진행하였다. 고구려, 백제, 신라 수막새 이미지 각각 100장씩 총 300장을 기반으로 기본 데이터셋을 형성하였고, 데이터 증강 기법을 활용하여 4배를 증가시킴으로써 총 1,200장을 데이터셋으로 구축하였다. 사전 훈련된 EfficientNetB0 모델의 전이학습을 통하여 모델을 구축한 후, 5겹 교차검증을 실시한 결과 평균 학습 정확도 98.06%, 검증 정확도 97.08%를 기록하였다. 또한 학습된 모델을 240장의 테스트 데이터셋으로 성능을 평가한 결과, 최소 91% 이상의 높은 정확도로 삼국의 수막새 이미지를 시대별로 구분할 수 있음을 확인하였다. 특히 학습률 0.0001에서 정확도 92.92%, 정밀도 92.96%, 재현율 92.92%, F1 점수 92.93%로 가장 우수한 성능을 보였는데, 이는 다양한 학습률 설정을 통하여 과적합과 과소적합 문제를 방지함과 동시에 최적의 매개변수를 찾는 과정에서 이루어졌다. 본 연구의 결과는 한국 고고학 자료의 분류에 딥러닝 기술 활용 가능성을 확인했다는 점에서 의의가 있다고 생각된다. 또한 기존에 축적·제작된 ImageNet 데이터셋 및 파라미터가 고고 자료 분석에도 긍정적으로 적용할 수 있음을 확인하였다. 이러한 접근은 향후 고고학 데이터베이스 축적이나 활용, 박물관의 유물 분류 및 정리 등 다양한 방식의 모델을 창출할 수 있을 것이다.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제54권1호
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• pp.13-19
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• 2014

Animal bones excavated with earthenware from the shell mound at the Jeju Jongdali 1819 archeological site, where three consecutive chronological layers covering the Neolithic (B.C. 15C-B.C. 10C), early Tamra, and late Tamra periods have been identified, were morphologically classified. The majority of the bones from all three periods were broken or split. The major fauna of the mammalian bones in all periods were Cervus spp., Sus scrofa, and Bos taurus. In the early and late Tamra periods, bones of small animals including Mustela sibirica coreana, Meles meles, Rodentia, and Aves were also found in small number. The excavated bones were from all parts of the animal bodies, including head, trunk, forelimb, and hindlimb. Collectively, these findings suggest that the major fauna from the Neolithic to late Tamra periods consisted of Cervus spp., Sus scrofa, and Bos taurus and that the fauna was dissected and carried to the shell mound site after hunting. Information from the bone remains in the shell mound are useful data for study of the wildlife and domestic animals living during the prehistoric period of Jeju Island.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제61권4호
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• pp.471-475
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• 2023

Archaeoentomological investigations were conducted on soil contents from a grave belonging to the Joseon Dynasty as part of the Urban Environment Maintenance Project (UEMP) in Cheongjin 12-16 dong (districts), Jongno-gu, Seoul, Korea, from December 01, 2008 to February 19, 2011. A total of 28 insect puparia with hard shells of the common green bottle fly Lucilia sericata were identified in the soil. Evidence suggested that the corpse was placed outside for some days instead of being buried immediately after death. This is the first report of fly puparia in soil samples from a tomb of the Joseon Dynasty during 16-17 AD in Korea. Our findings may help determine the timeframe of burial and offer archaeological insights into the funerary customs of the period.