Master Dunsan Historic Site

The Dunsan-dong prehistoric site is the first place in Korea where Paleolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age remains have all been excavated together in a single location. The Paleolithic remains, found across an area of about 200 pyeong (roughly 660 square metres), yielded some 50 stone tools, including core stones and hammerstones, together with the small flakes chipped off in the course of making them. Among these artefacts, double-edged choppers, scrapers and end-scrapers appear, on the basis of their form and flaking technique, to date from the early Upper Palaeolithic or the late Middle Palaeolithic. The Neolithic remains comprise 13 small dwelling pits, each about 2–3 m in diameter and 0.8–1.3 m deep, which were investigated and yielded fragments of comb-pattern pottery, a plough share, grinding stones and net sinkers. These Neolithic remains date from the late Neolithic period and, culturally, show a strong link to the comb-pattern pottery tradition of the west coast, while also displaying some elements of the coastal culture of the Hamgyong region. At the Bronze Age remains, three dwelling pits were investigated, yielding fragments of top-shaped plain pottery, spindle whorls, stone axes, stone arrowheads, stone knives and whetstones. The prehistoric remains of the Dunsan area show that, on the low hills around the Gapcheon Stream, a large population once lived against a backdrop of broad farmland and abundant water, and they are valued as important evidence for tracing the branches and lineage of Daejeon's prehistoric culture.

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Where it is

Region

Seo-gu, Daejeon

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물