— Overview
The notes locate the site on the Geumgang, count the layers, and stop at a comparison with Europe’s later Paleolithic.
— Contents and key concepts
A terrace on the Geumgang
Relics from prehistoric times, the notes begin, are still being found in Korea, and among sites they judge historically meaningful is the Seokjangni site in Gongju. Prehistory, as they use the word, covers the Paleolithic, Neolithic, and Bronze Age. Such sites, they write, can help clarify a country’s roots and raise a people’s sense of identity, and should be treated as valuable.
The Paleolithic remains at Seokjangni sit about six kilometers in a straight line from Gongju-si, on a river terrace on the north bank of the Geumgang at Seokjang-ri, Janggi-myeon. The site is now protected as Historic Site 334.
Ten surveys, twenty-seven strata
Specialist investigation, they write, ran from 1964 to 1974 and was carried out ten times. The ground was found to have twenty-seven strata, and as many as eleven cultural layers holding a wide range of artifacts. In 1990 and again in 1993, further excavation and survey were done, and as more remains were confirmed, the site’s value and historical character were clarified.
Layers, tools, and a likeness they name Aurignacian
The first cultural layer, they write, formed in the early Paleolithic, in the Mindel glaciation — the notes give 민델, and Mindel. Layers two through six formed from the middle through the late Paleolithic, a span they take through the third interglacial of the Riss glaciation. A cultural layer they call the second stratum was estimated to have formed in the late Paleolithic and the Mesolithic.
From layers one to four came choppers, which they gloss as single-edged axes, and chopping tools, which they gloss as double-edged axes — they write the latter 초핑 톨 and Choppingtool. Layers five and six yielded scrapers, written Scraoer in the notes, and hand axes; layers seven through ten, scrapers and gravers; layer eleven, gravers and scrapers. These, they say, clearly show a likeness to a later Paleolithic culture in Europe, the Aurignacian — a name they write 오리냐크 and Auriqnac. The notes leave Seokjangni at that comparison. The same Korean report, at fuller length, is on CampusDown.
Sources
- The notes, a student reading of the Seokjangni Paleolithic site in Gongju: Historic Site 334 on a Geumgang terrace, ten surveys from 1964 to 1974, twenty-seven strata and eleven cultural layers, later work in 1990 and 1993, and tools the notes liken to Europe’s Aurignacian culture.
Last updated: 15 November 2026
Frequently asked questions
Where do the notes place the Seokjangni site?
On a river terrace on the north bank of the Geumgang at Seokjang-ri, Janggi-myeon, about six kilometers in a straight line from Gongju-si. They call it a representative Korean Paleolithic site, now protected as Historic Site 334.
What do they report from the surveys?
Specialist surveys ran from 1964 to 1974, ten times in all. The ground, they write, formed twenty-seven strata, of which eleven were cultural layers rich in finds. Further excavation and survey followed in 1990 and 1993, and more remains were confirmed.
Where do they stop?
They assign the first cultural layer to the early Paleolithic and the Mindel glaciation, and layers two through six to the middle and late Paleolithic, through the third interglacial of the Riss glaciation. The tools, from choppers to scrapers and gravers, are said to show a clear likeness to Europe’s later Paleolithic Aurignacian culture — a name the notes write Auriqnac. They leave the site at that comparison.
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