Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 34 (2) 2008

Annotation:  New Insights into the Archaeological Record at Chikhen Agui Rockshelter (Mongolia) A Paleolithic Bracelet from Denisova Cave Principal Excavation Techniques under Permafrost Conditions (Based on Zhokhov and Yana Sites, Northe Late Pleistocene Bison (Bison p. priscus Bojanis, 1827) from the Southeastern Part of Western Siberi Infant Burials in Dwellings at Chicha-1, in the Baraba Forest-Steppe: Results of DNA Analysis Burial Assemblages of Boisman-2 – a Stratifi ed Site in Southern Primorye The Burial Construction of Noin Ula Mound 20, Mongolia Ornamental Traditions of the Lower Amur Neolithic Horseman Image on an Ostrich Eggshell Fragment Gamma-shaped Artifacts from Western and Southern Siberia, the Urals, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia Destiny in the Traditional Beliefs of the Aginsk Buryats A Historical and Ethnological Analysis of Intellectual Play in the Japanese Art of Incense Blending: Gypsy Easter The Paleodemography of Western Siberia in the Middle and Late Bronze Age The Origins of the Koreans: Evidence of Physical Anthropology   

The Origins of the Koreans: Evidence of Physical Anthropology

Pang M.K. and V.Yu. Bakholdina.

Three basic hypotheses concerning the origins of the Korean people have been the subject of debate – that of admixture, that of local origin, and that of a northern origin. North Korean specialists hold the local origin theory stating that the ancestry of modern Koreans can be traced back at least to the Bronze Age, if not to the Paleolithic. Most South Korean researchers advocate the northern origin theory, based on the absence of direct archaeological continuity between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic. The fi nal solution will only be possible after biological, archaeological, and historical data have been integrated.