As the brevity of this section demonstrates, it covers a
limited period of early Korean history.
Here are articles that do not deal specifically with archaeological or
origins issues, yet treat a chronological period after the emergence of more or
less complex social systems on the peninsula but before the indications of the
emergence of centralized states. I
would date this period roughly from 300 BCE to 50 CE. During this time clan society was prevalent on the peninsula, and
the area’s inhabitants emerge in the Chinese dynastic histories as they begin
their interplay with the Chinese of the Han period (206 BCE-220 CE), yet there
is no sign of the three kingdoms that would emerge from ca. 50-150 CE (despite
the Samguk Sagi’s later assertion that Silla was founded in 57 BCE and
Koguryô and Paekche soon thereafter).
Choi,
Mong-lyong. "The Trade System of the Wiman State." Asian and
Pacific Quarterly of Cultural and Social Affairs 15:3 (Autumn 1983): 30-37.
Choi,
Mong-lyong. "Trade in Wiman State Formation." In C. Melvin Aikens and
Song-nai Rhee, eds. Pacific Northeast Asia in Prehistory:
Hunter-Fisher-Gatherers, Farmers, and Sociopolitical Elites. Pullman, WA:
Washington State University Press, 1992.
Gardiner,
Kenneth H.J. “The Beginnings of Korean History.” Journal of the Oriental
Society of Australia 4(1)(June 1960): 77-90.
Haguenauer, Charles. “Encore la question des
Gores.” Journal
asiatique
(January-March 1935).
Haguenauer, Charles. “Le Ki-Kouei de Yi-tsing et
le Kye-rim de l’histoire.” In Kariyo kyoju kanreki kinen Shakgaku ronsho. Kyoto: 1928.
Haguenauer, Charles. “Les Gores.” Bulletin de
la Maison franco-japonaise (Tokyo), 3(3)(1930).
Ikeuchi,
Hiroshi. “A Study of Lo-lang and Tai-fang, Ancient Chinese Prefectures in
Korean Peninsula.” Memoirs of the Research Department of the Toyo Bunko
5(1930):79-95.
Ikeuchi,
Hiroshi. “The Chinese Expeditions to Manchuria under the Wei Dynasty.” Memoirs
of the Research Department of the Toyo Bunko 4(1929).
Kayamoto,
Tojin. "Han Tombs of Lo-lang: Their Studies by Japanese Scholars." Memoirs
of the Research Department of the Toyo Bunko 21 (1962): 97-123.
Kim,
Won-yong. "Possible Limits to Reconstruction of a Culture: Some
Reflections on Archaeology." Korea Journal 14:10 (October 1974):
10-12, 36.
Li,
Ogg. “A propos des Ye et Mak.” Annuaire de l’Ecole Pratique des Hautes
Etudes-IVe section 106(1973-1974):777-779.
Pai,
Hyung Il. "Culture Contact and Culture Change: The Korean Peninsula and
its Relations with the Han Dynasty Commandery of Lelang." World
Archaeology 23:3 (February 1992): 306-319.
Pai,
Hyung Il. "Lelang and the 'Interaction Sphere': An Alternative Approach to
Korean State Formation." Archaeological Review from Cambridge 8:1
(1989): 64-75.
Pai,
Hyung Il. "The Nangnang Triangle in China, Japan, and Korea." Korean
Culture 15:3 (Fall 1994): 32-41.
Pearson,
Richard J. "Lolang and the Rise of Korean States and Chiefdoms." Journal
of the Hong Kong Archaeological Society 7 (1976-1978): 77-90.
Shiratori,
Kurakichi. “The Legend of the King Tung-ming, the Founder of Fu-yu-kuo.” Memoirs
of the Research Department of the Toyo Bunko 10(1938):1-41.
Yi, Sun-gun. “Etude sur les opinions diverses du
territoire de l'Ancien Choson.” Revue de Corée (Seoul) 21:1 (Spring 1989): 22-50.
Yu,
Ying-shih. Trade and Expansion in Han China: a Study in the Structure of
Sino-barbarian Economic Relations. University of California Press, 1967.