Bioarchaeological Insights into Korean Prehistoric Diet and Disease Patterns

Abstract

The restoration of dietary and disease modalities is an extremely crucial task in archaeological research. Such restoration has been directed towards a variety of sources, yet none is as pivotal and direct as Ancient Human Skeletons. Particularly, the approaches of bioarchaeology based on biocultural models have been frequently adopted, enhancing its status.

The restoration of the prehistoric diet and diseases in Korea is also yielding its own outcomes due to the inflow of analysis results such as skeletal science, pathology, and molecular biology on the remains. Nevertheless, the results are seldom developed into population-level studies that guarantee a wide area. Such research is based on a comprehensive collection of data and an understanding of the socio-cultural context. With the aspiration of providing a foundation for such work, this paper endeavors to compare various achievements, commencing with the collection of existing research based on human remains analysis. Such an attempt ultimately serves as a basis for comprehending how the research achievements contribute to the explanation of the socio-cultural processes of prehistoric Korea.