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January-March 2010 JOURNAL OF EURASIAN STUDIES Volume II., Issue 1. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Archaeology Pieces of iron armor owned by ancient Japanese emperors have been excavated from the ruins of Japan's eighth century capital of Nagaoka-kyo in Kyoto Prefecture, archaeologists said Thursday. Nagaoka-kyo, Japan's capital between 784 and 794, is believed to have been located in what are now the cities of Muko, Nagaokakyo and Kyoto, all in Kyoto Prefecture. The pieces of armor are believed to have been produced during the seventh and eighth centuries, the Muko City Center for Archaeological Operations, which conducted the excavation work, said. Breitbart (Feb. 18, 2010) http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9DUGDG82&sh ow_article=1 KOREA, , NORTH Archaeology Efforts for preserving red-and-blue paintings, a valuable heritage of the Korean nation, in their origin have been made in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Redand-blue painting is a kind of decorative art used in construction of wooden buildings in Korea from olden times. Under the direction of the government, all the colorful paintings across the country have been preserved or restored to their original state with Popun Temple in Mt. Ryongak as a model. KCNA (Dec. 10, 2009) http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2009/200912/news10/20091210- 13ee.html Archaeology An archaeological team of Kim Il Sung University has discovered a mural tomb and a ruined chomsongdae (old astronomical observatory) belonging to the period of Koguryo in the construction site of Pyongyang Folk Park in the area of Mt. Taesong. The former is on a hill west of the ruins of the Anhak Royal Palace at the foot of Mt. Taesong and the latter is about 250 meters west of the western gate of the palace. The earthen tomb consists of a passage and a square stone chamber. KCNA (Dec. 23, 2009) http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2009/200912/news23/20091223- 11ee.html KOREA, , SOUTH Archaeology Bone fragments found in the Tomb of King Muryeong have been attributed to the king or his queen 38 years after it was excavated in Gongju, South Chungcheong Province. The tomb is that of King Muryeong, who ruled the Baekje Kingdom from 501 to 523, and his wife. There are no signs of court attendants having been buried alive together with the dead king and queen, meaning the bone fragments must have belonged to King Muryeong or his queen. This is the first time bone fragments presumed to belong to a king or a queen have been found in an ancient tomb in Korea. The Chosun Ilbo (Dec. 9, 2009) http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/12/08/20 09120800477.html LAOS Archaeology The discovery of Iron Age human bone fragments in Laos has shed new light on the region's prehistoric burial customs, state media reports said Friday. A team of Lao and foreign archeologists foundthe fragments last week in a burial ground believed to be about 2,000 years old when South-East Asia was in the Iron Age, the Vientiane Times reported. EarthTimes (Jan. 22, 2010) http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/305145,iron-agediscovery-uncovers-prehistoric-burial-customs-in-laos.html Archaeology President Choummaly Sayasone, Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh and high-level officials yesterday broke ground to _____________________________________________________________________________________ © Copyright Mikes International 2001-2010 28
January-March 2010 JOURNAL OF EURASIAN STUDIES Volume II., Issue 1. _____________________________________________________________________________________ begin construction of the Vientiane City Pillar Pavilion in Phiavat village, Sisattanak district. The building will help to preserve an important archaeological site linked to the city's origins. The construction project follows the discovery of 193 ancient stone pillars at the site on January 16, 2007. Archeologists unearthed another 225 pillars on December 29, 2009, and another 55 pillars on January 7 this year, bringing the total to 473 pillars. Vientiane Times (Feb. 25, 2010) http://www.vientianetimes.org.la/subnew/Previous_47/FreeContent/Free_Work.htm MALAYSIIA Archaeology Earth-works for the new ring road and sewage system in Chinatown here have uncovered hundreds of ancient coins and other artefacts. And there is concern that workers at the site and the public may have been quietly digging up these items to sell. Site manager Omar Mahmod said many items might have been sold before he realised that his worksite contained buried treasures when he uncovered a porcelain vase that he believed was from ancient China. The Star (Jan. 13, 2010) http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/1/13/natio n/5462153&sec=nation Archaeology Archaeologists have stumbled upon human skeletal remains believed to be from the Mesolithic Age in the Bewah Cave in the Kenyir Lake area, according to a university professor. The remains, believed to be those of a youth, are estimated to be between 8,000 and 11,000 years old. The remains were uncovered at a depth of 65 to 70 centimetres. The find was the second in the Kenyir Lake area, the first one being in the Batu Tok Bidan Cave in 1975. The Star (Feb. 6, 2010) http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/2/6/nation/ 20100206193148&sec=nation MIIDDLE EAST Genetics A study published in the journal BioMed Central found a gene found in small dogs, IGF1, is closely related to one found in Middle Eastern wolves. Archaeologists have found the remains of small dogs dating back 12,000 years in the region. In Europe, older remains have been uncovered, dating from 31,000 years ago, but these are from larger dogs. "Because all small dogs possess this variant of IGF1, it probably arose early in their history," said Dr Melissa Gray from the University of California, Los Angeles. BBC News (Feb. 24, 2010) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8530423.stm MONGOLIIA Archaeology Ancient Mongolian tomb holds the skeleton of a Western man. The remains of a 2,000-year-old skeleton found in eastern Mongolia reveal a man of multi-ethnic heritage. This long-dead individual possessed a set of genetic mutations on his Y chromosome, which is inherited from paternal ancestors, that commonly appears today among male speakers of Indo-European languages in eastern Europe, central Asia and northern India. The same man displayed a pattern of mitochondrial DNA mutations, inherited from maternal ancestors, characteristic of speakers of modern Indo- European languages in central Asia, the researchers say. Discovery News (Feb. 3, 2010) http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/mongolian-tombwestern-skeleton.html _____________________________________________________________________________________ © Copyright Mikes International 2001-2010 29
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