Yeoncheon Palaeolithic Festival: from Hand Axe to Street Dance

In 1978 a US Army soldier stationed in the North of South Korea discovered several hand axes near Jeongok in the Yeoncheon Province. This was the start of many years of archaeological investigations and eventually the building of the very futuristic Jeongok Prehistory Museum and the organisation of...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:6c2e29bd7f564175a9c0bb7d9d135d042021-12-01T14:42:34ZYeoncheon Palaeolithic Festival: from Hand Axe to Street Dance2212-8956https://doaj.org/article/6c2e29bd7f564175a9c0bb7d9d135d042019-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10429https://doaj.org/toc/2212-8956In 1978 a US Army soldier stationed in the North of South Korea discovered several hand axes near Jeongok in the Yeoncheon Province. This was the start of many years of archaeological investigations and eventually the building of the very futuristic Jeongok Prehistory Museum and the organisation of the annual Yeoncheon Paleolithic Festival. This year we were invited, thanks to Wulf Hein and Lee Hanyong, director of the Jeongok Prehistory museum, to join the 27th festival from the 1st – 6th of May 2019. It was a fun and memorable experience.Eva IJsveldDorothee OlthofEXARCarticleeventpalaeolithicmesolithicneolithicchalcolithicsouth koreaMuseums. Collectors and collectingAM1-501ArchaeologyCC1-960ENEXARC Journal, Iss 2019/3 (2019)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic event
palaeolithic
mesolithic
neolithic
chalcolithic
south korea
Museums. Collectors and collecting
AM1-501
Archaeology
CC1-960
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palaeolithic
mesolithic
neolithic
chalcolithic
south korea
Museums. Collectors and collecting
AM1-501
Archaeology
CC1-960
Eva IJsveld
Dorothee Olthof
Yeoncheon Palaeolithic Festival: from Hand Axe to Street Dance
description In 1978 a US Army soldier stationed in the North of South Korea discovered several hand axes near Jeongok in the Yeoncheon Province. This was the start of many years of archaeological investigations and eventually the building of the very futuristic Jeongok Prehistory Museum and the organisation of the annual Yeoncheon Paleolithic Festival. This year we were invited, thanks to Wulf Hein and Lee Hanyong, director of the Jeongok Prehistory museum, to join the 27th festival from the 1st – 6th of May 2019. It was a fun and memorable experience.
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author Eva IJsveld
Dorothee Olthof
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title Yeoncheon Palaeolithic Festival: from Hand Axe to Street Dance
title_short Yeoncheon Palaeolithic Festival: from Hand Axe to Street Dance
title_full Yeoncheon Palaeolithic Festival: from Hand Axe to Street Dance
title_fullStr Yeoncheon Palaeolithic Festival: from Hand Axe to Street Dance
title_full_unstemmed Yeoncheon Palaeolithic Festival: from Hand Axe to Street Dance
title_sort yeoncheon palaeolithic festival: from hand axe to street dance
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publishDate 2019
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