Underwater Excavation begins in waters of Gogunsan Island, Korea

Earthenware recovered from previous investigations

 
Gunsan City, Jeollabuk-do, announced on the 11th that it will conduct underwater cultural heritage excavation surveys in the waters of the Gogunsan Islands until October in cooperation with the National Research Institute of Marine Cultural Heritage of South Korean. 

Chinese porcelain

The Gogunsan Archipelago, which consists of 16 inhabited islands and 47 uninhabited islands, including Seonyudo, Munyeo Island, and Shinsi Island in Okdo-myeon, Gunsan City, is known as a route where many ships have traveled since ancient times. 

Sea area where excavation is scheduled

In the waters around Seonyudo and Jangjado Island, since the first report of discovery in 2020, 929 artifacts have been found, including ground stone swords from the Bronze Age, earthenware from the Three Kingdoms Period, celadon from the Goryeo Dynasty, and Buncheong ware and white porcelain from the Joseon Dynasty, until last year. 

In particular, a Bronze Age stone sword was discovered underwater for the first time here, attracting attention from academic and cultural circles. 

Stone products presumed to be whetstones discovered in previous underwater excavations

In addition, Gunsan City plans to build a National Underwater Archeology Center in Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province, the National Research Institute of Marine Cultural Heritage, and the Bieungdo-dong area to store and display artifacts discovered in the waters of the Gogunsan Archipelago and operate it as a research institute to train underwater cultural heritage research experts. (END)

Sunset view of Gogunsan Island. Provided by Gunsan City

 
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송고시간2024-04-11 10:07