The archaeological remains in Mandal-ri are cave relics unearthed in Mandal-ri, Sungho County of North Hwanghae Province.
The limestone cave, in which people of the primitive ages lived, is an arch-style natural cave. It is about 15 metres long and about 7 to 8 metres wide.
In the cave there are three sedimentary layers representing different ages.
Found in the upper layer belonging to the Neolithic age were stone arrowhead, bone tools, fragments of earthenware, and human and animal bones. Discovered in the middle layer were stone implements and bone tools along with fossil human and animal bones. The fossil human bones included the skull, jawbone, the bones of a forearm, thighbone and haunch bone.
This fossil human bone is called "Mandal Man", a neolithic man.
Replica of "Mandal Man"
Many of the stone implements were made of obsidian and others of quartzite. Among the bone tools was an antler trimmed to let in a stone blade. Such stone implements and bone tools show the aspect of the latter term of the Paleolithic age. Found in the lowest layer of the cave were only fossil animal bones.
The archaeological remains in Mandal-ri are of great importance in studying the life of primitive people of the Paleolithic age.
The limestone cave, in which people of the primitive ages lived, is an arch-style natural cave. It is about 15 metres long and about 7 to 8 metres wide.
In the cave there are three sedimentary layers representing different ages.
Found in the upper layer belonging to the Neolithic age were stone arrowhead, bone tools, fragments of earthenware, and human and animal bones. Discovered in the middle layer were stone implements and bone tools along with fossil human and animal bones. The fossil human bones included the skull, jawbone, the bones of a forearm, thighbone and haunch bone.
This fossil human bone is called "Mandal Man", a neolithic man.
Replica of "Mandal Man"
Many of the stone implements were made of obsidian and others of quartzite. Among the bone tools was an antler trimmed to let in a stone blade. Such stone implements and bone tools show the aspect of the latter term of the Paleolithic age. Found in the lowest layer of the cave were only fossil animal bones.
The archaeological remains in Mandal-ri are of great importance in studying the life of primitive people of the Paleolithic age.