Comments on: Cafe Work and Playing Archaeologists https://www.mykoreanhusband.com/cafe-work-and-playing-archaeologists/ Intercultural Life Tue, 03 Feb 2015 13:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: dewaanifordrama https://www.mykoreanhusband.com/cafe-work-and-playing-archaeologists/#comment-19055 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 13:56:00 +0000 http://www.mykoreanhusband.com/?p=5466#comment-19055 I just had a conversation today with one of my Korean friends as we traipsed around Seoul today! We were walking along the Cheonggyecheon and looking for the parts with older stone and we laughed at the “old” wooden bridge that underneath was all steel beams. I guess the wood could have been older though, but it probably wasn’t. We also walked past an older part of a palace wall and touched the stone in case King Sejong did too 😉 We know that it was most likely fanciful thinking, but we were talking about approaches to history. He just spent some time in Europe and he noticed just how much care older architecture has there than in Korea. I think that there was just so much destruction during Japanese occupation that there are many things that even if people had wanted to preserve them, they were burned down etc. I do know that the Korean royals tombs are in excellent shape and were never pillaged, so I think that there is some veneration for older historical things there. And there has been a lot of work done to restore destroyed structures. They are restoring a whole section of the Gyeongbokgung Palace right now. I think that there is also a strong desire for newness and innovation and the future in Korea. My friend pointed out things like wanting new cellphones and cars and to be the best that way. So I think there’s lots going on. Anyway, those are some of my rambly thoughts on the subject.

]]> By: Nic https://www.mykoreanhusband.com/cafe-work-and-playing-archaeologists/#comment-19046 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 00:54:00 +0000 http://www.mykoreanhusband.com/?p=5466#comment-19046 Many buildings within Australia have the same probblem and although archaeologists, myself included, and heritage advisors would love to maintain the authenticity of a building there still needs to be maintanence to the structure which can result in the fabric (material) of the building changing and this should be made aware to the public.

Pottery identification is actually pretty simple and you should be able to find a site that gives you the information relativiely simple. What you need to look for is if it is glazed, the colours used, and any other marks and you will find a period of time that the pottery was used.

Because Korea was under Japanese Imperialism from 1910-1945 much of the archaeology was taken back to Japan to solidify their beliefs, happens all the time. Japan also helped develop archaeology in Korea meaning that it is still relatively new and faces many challenges particularly with competing interests.

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