Komunmoru Ruins - Komunmoru Ruins (English spelling) Kŏmǔnmoru‐yujŏk

Japanese: コムンモル遺跡 - コムンモルいせき（英語表記）Kŏmǔnmoru‐yujŏk

This limestone cave site is located on the southern slope of a hill in Komunmor (Heoksu-ri), Sangwon-gun, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea. It attracted attention in 1964 as the first example of stone tools and animal bone fossils found on the Korean Peninsula, and as a site corresponding to the Early Paleolithic period, and was excavated in 1966. The existing cave, which is about 30m wide and 2.5m deep, can be conveniently divided into four sections. A large number of animal bone fossils were excavated, along with quartz blocks of various sizes and several stone tools. The stone tools are made of siliceous limestone and quartz vein rock, and were made by the direct striking and footing techniques, and include hand axe-shaped, pointed, and chipped stone tools.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

朝鮮民主主義人民共和国，平壌市祥原郡コムンモル(黒隅里)の丘陵南斜面にある石灰岩の洞穴遺跡。1964年朝鮮半島で最初に発見された石器と獣骨化石の共伴例として，また前期旧石器時代に相当するものとして注目され，66年に発掘調査された。幅約30m，奥行約2.5mに現存する洞穴は，便宜上4区画に分けられる。大きさが各様の石英石塊と石器数点とともに，各種多数の獣骨化石が出土した。石器は，ケイ(珪)質石灰岩，石英脈岩からなり，直接打法，台石技法によって製作され，その種類は，握斧状･尖頭状･剝片などの石器からなる。

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