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Relics Dating Back to Latter Term of Paleolithic Era Unearthed in Korea

Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- Researchers of the Archaeological Institute under the Academy of Social Sciences in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea recently unearthed a hunting ground and a stone tool-making site dating back to the latter term of the Paleolithic era in lowland of the west coastal area for the first time.

The relics are in a paddy field about 2 kilometers northwest of the seat of Sinphung-ri in Sukchon County, South Phyongan Province.

Found there were 460-odd pieces of fossil animal bones, 10-odd pieces of bone tools, 20-odd pieces of stone tools, over 1,200 pieces of half-finished stone products and more than 920 pieces of spore and pollen fossils. Most of them were unearthed in peat bed.

The researchers clarified in a scientific way through ESR and other analytic methods that the formation age of the peat bed is more than 15,700 years ago and the relics discovered in Sinphung-ri date back to the latter term of the Paleolithic era.

The discovery of the Sinphung-ri relics is of great significance in proving the Paleolithic men's hunting activities on lowland and the independent development of the culture of the Neolithic era in Korea originated from the culture of the Paleolithic era.