Team members come from the Korean National University of Cultural Heritage (KNUCH), an affiliate of the Cultural Properties Administration, Russia's Far Eastern National University of Technology (FENUT) and Russia's institute of History, Archaeology, and Ethnography of the Far Eastern Academic Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The sixth excavation will be at burial grounds numbers 2 and 5 in Chernyatino, in the Russian maritime province, where a burial ground of Balhae's administrative district Solbinbu was located.

Balhae (A.D.698 - 926) was a kingdom occupying parts of Manchuria, Primorsky Krai (Russia's maritime province) and the Korean Peninsula. It was founded by remnants of the Goguryeo monarchy that moved northwards after the Silla Kingdom conquered the former's southern half. Balhae was later conquered in 926 by the Khitans, a nomadic people from northern Manchuria.

During the past five digs on Chernyatino burial ground number 5, the joint excavation team inspected 118 Balhae tombs and discovered various remains that show the history and culture of the Balhae Kingdom. On burial ground number 2, the excavation team unearthed a number of animal bones, pieces of earthenware and tools that show the domestic lifestyle of Balhae people.

KNUCH Professor Chung Suk-bae and his Russian counterpart Professor Yu. G. Nikichin from FENUT will lead the joint excavation team.

This article appeared on www.korea.net

June 18, 2008

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