Amsa-dong

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Amsa-dong
Korea-Seoul-Amsadong-Neolithic.age-01.jpg
Amsa-dong Preshistoric Settlement Site
Korean name
Hangul 암사동
Hanja
Revised Romanization Amsa-dong
McCune-Reischauer Amsa-tong
Statistics
Area 4.7 km² (1.8 sq mi)
Population (2001) 73,377 [1]
Population density 15,612 /km² (40,430 /sq mi)

Amsa-dong is a dong, neighbourhood of Gangdong-gu in Seoul, South Korea.[1][2] The dong is well-known for the Amsa-dong Preshistoric Settlement Site in which Neolithic remains were excavated after a large number of diagonal-line patterned earthenware underneath the earth were accidentally discovered by a flood in 1925.[3][4]

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  1. ^ a b 암사동 (Amsa-dong 岩寺洞) (Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2008-04-18.
  2. ^ The origin of Amsa-dong (Korean). Gangdong-gu official site. Retrieved on 2008-04-18.
  3. ^ Amsa-dong Prehistoric Settlement Site. Korea Tourism Organization.
  4. ^ Historical Attraction (English). KTDC. Retrieved on 2008-04-18.

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