Key takeaways
Researchers confirmed roughly 30 Neolithic dwelling sites at Amsa-dong, each a circular pit house with a central hearth. Fact At Dwelling Site 75-2, researchers found a distinctive feature: pieces of Jeulmun pottery buried upside down just south of the hearth — a unique feature documented at Neolithic dwelling sites in the west-central Korean peninsula. Fact A 2015–2018 survey conducted ahead of park redevelopment revealed Neolithic and Baekje-era dwelling sites overlapping each other, and within the Neolithic dwelling sites, researchers found the Amsa-dong site's first jade ornaments and obsidian materials. Fact
What to look for on site
- The ten reconstructed pit houses and their circular hearth structures
- The reconstructed feature showing pottery pieces buried upside down (recreated inside the exhibition hall)
- The cross-section display showing overlapping Neolithic and Baekje cultural layers
Precise phrasing
It's inaccurate to say "all the pit houses at the Amsa-dong site are the original structures, exposed and displayed exactly as excavated." The ten outdoor pit houses are reconstructions; only the dwelling floor inside Exhibition Hall 1 preserves the original as excavated.