The Gyeongju National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, along with the Gaya National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, will take part in the Conference of the Society for East Asian Archaeology(SEAA) slated to be held at Kyungpook National University’s Humanities Korea Building between June 29 and July 3.

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The Gyeongju Institute and the Gaya Institute -- which operate under the Cultural Heritage Administration’s National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage – will together lead two programs: one is the session ‘Centralization and landscape change during the state formation process of the ancient kingdoms, southeastern part of the Korean peninsula’ on June 30; and the other is an excursion to the Gyeongju city on July 1 where researchers from overseas will participate.

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The Conference of the Society for East Asian Archaeology is held every two years and is one of the most renowned conferences in the field, attracting archaeologists from more than 50 countries.

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In this year’s rendition, the Gyeongju National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage is taking part as a sponsor and has organized the June 30 session and July 1 excursion.

At the June 30 session, researchers from the Gyeongju and Gaya institutes prepared eight presentations on Gyeongju and Gaya, respectively.

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The presentations on Gyeongju are: ▲People who were sacrified in Wolseong, the palace of Silla, ▲Silla’s time and life found at Wolseong Moat, ▲Silla tombs in Jjoksaem and the expression of power, ▲Changes in the ruling ideology and construction of a new palace of the Silla Kingdom, and ▲The construction of Buddhist temples in the Silla capital and their role in the urban landscape.

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The presentations on Gaya are: ▲A study on the process of forming the capital of Ara Gaya, ▲Characteristics of Gaya culture seen through Bihwa Gaya “Soonjang” (human sacrificial burial), and ▲A study on the manufacturing technique of Gaya gilt-bronze crown.

It will be held at Room B102 of the Humanity Korea Building of Kyungpook National University(KNU) between 9 am and 12:20 pm.

On July 1, the researchers of the Gyeongju National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage will take foreign researchers to sites of archaeological exploration in Gyeongju. They will be able to look around the excavation sites of Jjoksam Tomb No. 44 and Wolseong’s south walls and learn about the findings so far as well as the latest developments on the archaeological exploration.

The Gyeongju and Gaya institutes’ participation in the upcoming SEAA conference is meaningful in that they can inform the latest findings from their excavation sites to a wider audience and that they can increase their global presence in the field.

The Cultural Heritage Administration and the Gyeongju and Gaya institutes will continue to take part in various global conferences and organize overseas exhibitions in hopes of sharing the research findings from Silla and Gaya sites with the world and secure more platforms and channels for sharing and exchanging information and knowledge.

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