Dunsan Prehistoric Site in Daejeon

Dunsan Prehistoric Site in Daejeon is one of the popular sightseeing destinations at Daejeon, the fifth largest city of South Korea which epitomizes the history of South Korea and reflects an insight into the bygone era. Dunsan Prehistoric Site in Daejeon, South Korea is the abode of multitudes of prehistoric remains which primarily comprises of "old stone age remains” like Double-edged harpoons, scrappers, and planers, the "new Stone Age remains"; the broken pieces of porcelain with the pattern of the teeth of a comb, and Mangchu and the "the Bronze Age Remains" which mainly includes the top-shaped broken pieces of porcelain, double-edged axes, stone arrowheads, and building site. Dunsan Prehistoric Site, Daejeon also accommodates various remnants of New Stone Age which predominantly includes the circular hut sites, grounded stone articles and comb-pattern earthenware.

The excavated relics, the grinding bases, the grinding bars and the fishing net sinkers indicate the beginning of primitive agriculture and fishing. Historical evidence suggests that the Dunsan Prehistoric Site in Daejeon was formed during 2500 to 3000 BC. The ruins at Dunsan-dong are believed to have been made when the New Stone Age culture, first formed at the seaside and started spreading inland.

The particular residence sites include the rectangular resident sites such as the Dunsan Prehistoric Sites which was formed upon introduction of the Bronze Age culture at the Han River basin around B.C. 8th century, and the Songguk-ri type residence sites in Buyeo formed around B.C. 5th or 6th century. Various bronze relics have been excavated from the stone coffin tombs at Gwejeong-dong, and Korean-style brass daggers and Liaoning-style daggers were excavated from the dolmen sites in Tanbang-dong, Munhwa-dong and Birae-dong. It is strongly believed that the abundance of these brass tools is due to the high-level agricultural productivity in this area, which gets reflected by the agriculture-pattern brassware excavated from the Daejeon area. Dunsan Prehistoric Site, Daejeon is the widely popular among the residents of Daejeon as well as the visitors.