| Abstract: |
Since Korea is divided into northern and southern political units correlations of Pleistocene studies are not as well established as they should be. Information is not exchanged directly and it is difficult to report much for northern Korea as we do not have access to the artefacts, fossils, and site information for this region. References to northern Korea in this report are based on publications obtained belatedly through third parties. It is interesting, however, that Pleistocene studies on both sides started almost simultaneously in the 1960s. In the south, Palaeolithic discoveries were not initially accepted as it was believed that no such early industries existed in Korea, owing to the Japanese preconception that the "Aneolithic" stage was the beginning of Korean prehistory. Studies in the south were largely limited to typology, dominant here as in other countries at an incipient stage of archaeological theory. In the north, palynological and palaeontological studies were in progress as caves with faunal and floral materials were excavated.
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