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Story of Goyang history
2017-05-29
Story of Paleolithic Remains of Tanhyeon-dong, Goyang City’s first town
In October 2017, ruins that would go down in history were excavated in Tanhyeon-dong, Ilsan Seo-gu, located in northwestern part of Goyang City.
In the process of researching the buried cultural assets to build large-size apartment complex, 307 artifacts from 50 thousand to 65 thousand years ago were excavated.
The Cultural Heritage Administration implemented detail researches and stone tools, pricker, attractor, etc were found.
The artifacts that were found during this period were moved to National Museum of Korea and some are stored by the excavation agency.
In January of 2016, 228 artifacts from mid-stone age and Joseon Dynasty were newly excavated during the apartment construction near the Korea Archeology & Art History Research Institute.
These two locations are the decisive ruins with the oldest artifacts in the Goyang region that have brought forth the history of the city to the Paleolithic Era.
More artifacts continue to be excavated in this place, located at the foot of Hwangryong Mountain and Gobong Mountain, along with other areas such as Paju and Gimpo.
Pit-dwelling ruins are also found, increasing its historical value.
This excavation of Paleolithic ruins did not end as a simple excavation research but a report of excavation research of cultural assets that recorded the results of the excavation has been published.
The new findings of Paleolithic ruins in Tanhyeon-dong is an important incident that rewrites the history of Goyang City.
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