韓國古代史 硏究의 回顧와 展望

On Research into Ancient Korean History

In the number of published papers the last half-century’s work has yielded results. The bulk of research efforts has been on political systems which have now emerged in tentative outline. Primitive beliefs and cults, and mythology of ancient society, and indeed its structure, are still to be explored. A dearth of source materials and relics apart, Japanese interference, especially bias on the part of certain Japanese scholars, hindered the full application of modern methods of research. This paper provides an annotated list of scholars and their works. Some of the more promising avenues of investigation are mentioned with a view toward collaboration among related fields of studyanthropology, sociology and the study of Buddhism, to name a few.