• 보존과학회지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.129-135
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• 2018

Scientific investigation of cultural heritage can provide important information to understand the context of the object. To know the characteristics of the material is also an essential part of objects management and conservation. However, the identification and characterization of organic dyes used in archaeological and historical textiles are often limited by the restrictions in sampling. To cope with the difficulties, applications of high-performance techniques of surface analysis, such as Time of Flight-Secondary Ion Mass Spectra (TOF-SIMS) could be considered as a non or micro-destructive option. This study aims to examine the applicability of TOF-SIMS analysis to the detection of organic dyes from historical textiles. A group of silk fabrics dyed with vegetable dyes were artificially photo-aged to different degrees and analyzed with TOF-SIMS. Molecular and fragment ions from indigo were successfully detected from the aged samples; however, only some fragment ions were observed from gardenia and safflower dyed fabrics. Further studies with actual historical samples with extended examination scope would be necessary to assess the validity of this technique.

• 한국농공학회지
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.5-17
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• 2000

The story of route of wet-rice diffusion to Korean peninsular is so far known only piecemeal. It is however commonly agreed that wet-rice technology may have spread the western coastal area in Korea from the lower and middle reaches of the yangzi river in China and to the Shandong peninsular and Bohai Bay region and was then transmitted overland to the area in Korea. Recently excavated three prehistoric paddy fields in Korea provide crucial evidence that helps to solve many of the important problems associated with technological diffusion. Research on the paddy field system and irrigation technology of prehistoric wet-rice has been so far especially productive in Japanese archaeology. Judging from the fact that the Yayoi wet-rice agricultural technology in Japan was transmitted by the Korean Strait from the southern part of Korea it is assumed that people in both regions may have practiced the same technology in prehistoric time. This paper examines three prehistoric paddy fields system(the Majon-ri site the Kwanchang-ri site and the Mujon-dong site) in relation to those of japanese data. The conclusions are as follows ; First early wet-rice agriculture in korea was limited by the level of technology and the size of labour. Secondly the location of field itself was restricted to the lower land and valley bottom area. Thirdly the layout of channel and field network is not very much different from the modern paddy field system.

• 대한공간정보학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.79-86
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• 2006

현재 3차원 지상 레이저 스캐너를 통해서 짧은 시간에 대상물의 수많은 위치에 대한 고정도의 3차원 좌표를 얻을 수 있다. 그래서 최근에 지상 레이저 스캐닝은 측지분야를 포함하여 토목공학, 고고학 및 건축, 그리고 응급서비스 및 국방, 기타 등 다양한 분야에서 널리 응용되고 있다. 본 연구는 지상 라이다를 이용한 현황측량을 다루었으며, 실험측량 결과 대상물의 선형 특징추출이 가능하였으며 토탈스테이션 측량성과에 필적하는 위치결정 정확도를 얻었다. 이를 통해 향후 항공 라이다와 항공사진측량기술과의 결합에 의해 지상 레이저 스캐닝의 잠재응용분야는 더욱 증대될 것으로 기대된다.

• 건축역사연구
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.7-22
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• 2008

The purpose of this study is to examine the function of wall posts in pit-houses in the Bronze Age, in the Kyung-nam Province. Wall posts were found as post-holes, created after wooden posts had decayed. In this research, the role of wall posts is newly defined from the perspective of a construction engineering. While existing studies in archaeology regard wall posts as sub-posts that support the roof of a pit-house, this study views wall posts as piles installed to support the soil wall, not as sub-posts. Based on the existing reports on excavation in prehistoric settlement sites by archaeologists, the study examines the remnants of the wall posts and remains after a fire. The main findings of this study are threefold. First, the wall posts were installed not as posts but as piles, cut sharply and hammered along the building lines of a pit-house. Second, wall piles were used to support the walls during earthwork, such as excavating and banking for low ground, mostly because a large amount of soil is often lost during the process. Third, wall piles were used as post piles of retaining walls that enabled the installation of transverse wall panels, which were used to prevent the soil loss.

• 디지털콘텐츠학회 논문지
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.623-629
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• 2007

고고학과 미술역사의 범주에서 공예품, 회화, 건축의 조각이나 부조에서 보이는 인물, 신화, 종교적이거나 역사적사건, 문양과 장식등에 묘사된 모든 것들을 이미지화 하여 분석하고 시대의 풍습과 문화 양식까지 규정 한다. 이러한 이미지자료들이 노화 나 훼손, 또는 노출이 부족하게 촬영된 경우 색조의 분포가 고르지 않아 분석이 어려운 경우가 많다. 전문적인 사진의 색조 보정에 사용되는 Levels과 Curves는 그래프와 수치 값의 미세한 조절로서 결과 값을 산출하는 탁월한 기능이 있다. 색조가 훼손된 고고학적 이미지자료에 이 기술을 적용하여 그 방법을 모색하고 이 분야의 기초적인 응용기술로서의 유용성을 살펴보았다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.787-791
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• 2017

Americium-beryllium (Am-Be; n, ${\gamma}$) is a neutron emitting source used in various research fields such as chemistry, physics, geology, archaeology, medicine, and environmental monitoring, as well as in the forensic sciences. It is a mobile source of neutron activity (20 Ci), yielding a small thermal neutron flux that is water moderated. The aim of this study is to develop a model to increase the neutron thermal flux of a source such as Am-Be. This study achieved multiple advantageous results: primarily, it will help us perform neutron activation analysis. Next, it will give us the opportunity to produce radio-elements with short half-lives. Am-Be single and multisource (5 sources) experiments were performed within an irradiation facility with a paraffin moderator. The resulting models mainly increase the thermal neutron flux compared to the traditional method with water moderator.

• 보존과학연구
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• 통권23호
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• pp.59-75
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• 2002

In this study human bones and teeth, excavated from the Myeongam-risite in Asan, Chungcheongnam-do Province, have been analysed by nuclear DNA typing and mitochondrial DNA sequencing methods. Twenty-one samples of long bones and twenty-seven samples of teeth from twenty-one individuals were collected and analysed. Among these thirteenteeth were successfully subjected to nuclear DNA extraction, quantification, and PCR(Polymerase Chain Reaction) amplification. Silver STR III (D16S539, D7S820, D13S317) multiplex PCR method was used in this study for a short tandem repeat (STR) analysis. Mitochondrial DNAs of tooth samples were also amplified and sequenced by a DNA sequencer. These analyses show that a sample from Burial no. 29 and one from Burial no. 38(right) possessed the same maternal inheritance. This may suggest that the Myeongam-ri cemetery was used by a kin group for a relatively long period of time.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제57권6호
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• pp.601-605
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• 2019

As we learn more about parasites in ancient civilizations, data becomes available that can be used to see how infection may change over time. The aim of this study is to assess how common certain intestinal parasites were in China and Korea in the past 2000 years, and make comparisons with prevalence data from the 20th century. This allows us to go on to investigate how and why changes in parasite prevalence may have occurred at different times. Here we show that Chinese liver fluke (Clonorchis sinensis) dropped markedly in prevalence in both Korea and China earlier than did roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides) and whipworm (Trichuris trichiura). We use historical evidence to determine why this was the case, exploring the role of developing sanitation infrastructure, changing use of human feces as crop fertilizer, development of chemical fertilizers, snail control programs, changing dietary preferences, and governmental public health campaigns during the 20th century.

• 한국지형학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2017

This study tried to reconstruct paleovegetation environments during the late Holocene with pollen analysis from archeological trenches at the right bank of Geumgang in Sejong-si. The lower hills was dominantly covered with pine trees, while alder trees and hygrophytes extended on the floodplain since 2,000yr BP. The pollen composition of Alnus dominance in the floodplain during the times is different from the general charateristics of Korean peninsula. Such a phenomenon is thought to be influenced by the fluvial process on the floodplain in the middle reaches of Geumgang around Sejong-si. Mihocheon and some tributaries join to Geumgang around Sejong-si, and the channel of Geumgang becomes narrow around the boundary between Sejong-si and Gongju-si. This narrow channel could attribute to the formation of extensive floodplain around Sejong-si. Moreover, human impacts such as agriculture appear continuously since 1,800yr BP.

• 헤리티지:역사와 과학
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• 제33권
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• pp.68-92
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• 2000

This paper reconsiders the users of iron arrowheads from Mongchon Earthen Wall(夢村土城). Because the Mongchon Earthen Wall has been seen as a major dwelling fort of the Hansong Period(漢城時代 : 18 B.C.~475), Paekche(百濟), these iron arrowheads have been considered as artifacts of the Hansong Paekche with no systematic analysis since they were found in 1985. However, uncovering numerous Koguryo artifacts, the excavations in 1988 and 1989 showed that Koguryo(高句麗) army had occupied the Mongchon Earthen Wall after they had conquered Hansong Paekche. In this paper, focusing on the formal similarity between these arrowheads and those from other Koguryo sites, I attempt to reconsider the nature of arrowheads from the Mongchon Earthen Wall. Found from a small pit, all of these arrowheads (88 in number) seem to have been contemporaneous. While all are stemmed, they can be divided into nine types on the basis of the shape of body and point. Most types are equal or similar to Koguryo arrowheads of other regions, and especially type F and G have not been found in southern Korean Peninsula. Accordingly, it is suggested that the existing models be reconsidered, and that Koguryo army who had conquered Hansong Paekche used these arrowheads around mid-5th century AD. Although at this point it is difficult to determine the users of these arrowheads only by analyzing several formal attributes due to Korean archaeology's little understanding of the arrowheads of the Three Kingdoms Period(三國時代), I expect that application of natural scientific methods will contribute to a better understanding.