Charcoal and Woods Excavated From Tuntaeri, Hwasung, Korea(Early Koryo period

Park, Won Gyu; Kwon, Woong Won; Park, Hee Hyun; Park, Sang Jin

Journal of the Korean society of Conservation Science for Cultural Heritage 1996;5(1):87-93.
Published online June 30, 1996.

화성 둔대리의 高麗前期生活遺構에서 출토된 숯과 목재의 수종

박원규, 권웅원, 박희현, 박상진

Charcoal and Woods Excavated From Tuntaeri, Hwasung, Korea(Early Koryo period

Won Gyu Park, Woong Won Kwon, Hee Hyun Park, Sang Jin Park

ABSTRACT

This study was carried out to Identify wood and charcoal segments, which were excavated in 1994 at the Seohaean highway construction site along the western coast of Korea ; Tuntaeri, Hwasunggun. We identified the objects excavated at the fire places of the Tuntaeri dwelling sites (early Koryo period ; A. D. ) ; charcoal pieces and 1 wood segment, which was used for the handle of a metal hook. Chestnut(Castanea crenata), deciduous oaks(Quercus spp.) and maple(Acer app.) were identified from the charcoals, whereas the wood segment as willow species(Salix spp.). These species seem to represent warm and wet climate in the middlewest Korea during .