대곡리 암각화의 의미와 기법과 양식에 의한신석기시대 편년 연구

Abstract

The Daegok‐ri petrographs were discovered by the Pangudae Petrograph Survey Team (headed by Myeong‐dae Mun) of the Dongguk University Museum on December 25, 1971 after a year from the discovery of the Cheonjeon‐ri Petrographs (December 24, 1970). With regard to the petrographs, the author published a paper titled ‘Prehistoric Stone Carvings in Ulsan’ in the Korean Journal of Cultural Heritage Studies, and since then, extensive research has been made and 1,530 papers have been published (including those on the Cheonjeon‐ri Petrographs) until 2015. Nevertheless, there are a few issues that have not been concluded clearly and one of them is the chronology of the Daegok‐ri Petrographs. This is because of the limitation that absolute age dating cannot be applied. This problem may be resolved if carving tools or carbon used in those days is found through the excavation of the river bed. Now, however, we have to set chronology based on techniques, styles, and comparative historical analysis. When the chronology of the Daegok‐ri Petrographs was set by the three methods, the works were estimated to have been created throughout the early, (mid), late, (ending) periods of the Neolithic Age (about 8,000‐B.C 2,000). Nevertheless, further in‐depth research is required through more elaborate examination and scientific methods in the future. Particularly as this problem will be solved easily if carbon or carving tools are found through precise excavation of the river bed below the stone carvings and the absolute age is dated from them, precise excavation of the river bed is suggested officially to the Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea.