Choi Mong-lyong
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Choi Mong-lyong is an archaeologist and Professor in the Department of Archaeology and Art History at Seoul National University
in Seoul, South Korea. Choi was born in Jeolla Province and received his PhD degree in Anthropology
in 1984 from Harvard University
in the United States
. At Harvard, Choi was a student of K.C. Chang.
Choi has conducted archaeological research on the Mumun Pottery Period
, the rise of civilization, ancient cities, and states. Although they are truly multi-authored publications, Choi is credited as the author of many archaeological site reports from Jeonnam University and Seoul National University Museum.
Choi Mong-lyong served as Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at SNU in the late 1980s and was the Director of the Seoul National University Museum from 1995 to 1999. He has been a member of the National Heritage Committee of Korea since 1999. Choi is a past president of the Korean Ancient Historical Society.
Seoul National University
Seoul National University , colloquially known in Korean as Seoul-dae , is a national research university in Seoul, Korea, ranked 24th in the world in publications in an analysis of data from the Science Citation Index, 7th in Asia and 42nd in the world by the 2011 QS World University Rankings...
in Seoul, South Korea. Choi was born in Jeolla Province and received his PhD degree in Anthropology
Anthropology
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in 1984 from Harvard University
Harvard University
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in the United States
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. At Harvard, Choi was a student of K.C. Chang.
Choi has conducted archaeological research on the Mumun Pottery Period
Mumun pottery period
The Mumun pottery period is an archaeological era in Korean prehistory that dates to approximately 1500-300 BC This period is named after the Korean name for undecorated or plain cooking and storage vessels that form a large part of the pottery assemblage over the entire length of the period, but...
, the rise of civilization, ancient cities, and states. Although they are truly multi-authored publications, Choi is credited as the author of many archaeological site reports from Jeonnam University and Seoul National University Museum.
Choi Mong-lyong served as Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at SNU in the late 1980s and was the Director of the Seoul National University Museum from 1995 to 1999. He has been a member of the National Heritage Committee of Korea since 1999. Choi is a past president of the Korean Ancient Historical Society.
Selected Bibliography of works by Choi Mong-lyong
- Dolmens of Korea, Archaeology. Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 2, 2000.
- Origin and Distribution of Korean Dolmens. Hanguk Sanggosa Hakbo [Journal of the Korean Ancient Historical Society] 39, 1999.
- Trade in Wiman State Formation. In Pacific Northeast Asia in Prehistory, edited by C. Melvin Aikens and Song-nai Rhee, pp. Washington State University, Pullman, 1992.
- (with Rhee Song-nai, senior author). Emergence of Complex Society in Prehistoric Korea. Journal of World Prehistory 6(1):51-95, 1992.
- A Study of Youngsan River Valley Culture. PhD dissertation, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1984.
- Jaemi Innun Gogohak Yeohaeng [Interesting Archaeological Tourism]. Hakyeon Munhwasa, Seoul, 1991.
- Yeongsan-gang Yuyeok-eui Seonsa Yujeok Yumul [Prehistoric Sites and Artifacts Discovered form the Yeongsan-gang River Valley]. Yeoksa Hakbo [Journal of History] 73:67-87, 1973.
See also
- Jeong Ji-haeJeong Ji-haeJeong Ji-hae is acknowledged as the first person to conduct an archaeological excavation in Korea in 1748.Jeong was the father of a governor of Jinju in south-central Joseon. He was interested in history and the identity of his forbears. In 1748 Jeong carried out the excavation of six ancient...
- Kim Won-yongKim Won-yongKim Won-yong was a South Korean archaeologist and art historian. Noted in the discipline of Korean archaeology and ancient art history , he was one of the first people recognized as an archaeologist in Korea to receive a Doctor of Philosophy degree.Kim graduated from New York University in 1959...
- K.C. Chang
- Mumun Pottery PeriodMumun pottery periodThe Mumun pottery period is an archaeological era in Korean prehistory that dates to approximately 1500-300 BC This period is named after the Korean name for undecorated or plain cooking and storage vessels that form a large part of the pottery assemblage over the entire length of the period, but...
- Prehistory of Korea
- Proto–Three Kingdoms
- Korean Three Kingdoms