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Recent Discoveries in Silla Settlement Archaeology
- Seoul Journal of Korean Studies
- The Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies
- Volume 29, Number 1, June 2016
- pp. 33-64
- 10.1353/seo.2016.0005
- Article
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In Silla history, the Maripkan period saw the Kyŏngju-centered Saro polity subjugate peripheral regional polities and towns and develop into an ancient state. Archaeologically, this period saw the construction of large and small Silla-style tombs within the Silla area of authority. In the past, Silla archaeology has tended to study tomb material, especially high tombs constructed in Kyŏngju and the central regions of peripheral regional polities, to understand the political relationship between the Silla central government and local leaders. Silla villages, roads, fortresses, small-tomb cemeteries, and other features dating to the fourth through sixth centuries exposed by recent excavations in the Silla sphere give us a new understanding of Maripkan-period Silla society. The early records of the