A Decade of Baekje Mokgwakgo: Discussing Preservation and Utilization

Academic Symposium on the Wooden Storage Facilities at the Seocheon Bongseon-ri Site

Korea National University of Cultural Heritage will hold an academic symposium titled "Preservation Management and Utilization of Wooden Storage Facilities at the Seocheon Bongseon-ri Site" with the Seocheon County on September 4 at the Onjigwan Main Lecture Hall. The event will review the results of past investigations, research, and preservation treatments, and seek ways to manage and utilize the site for preservation purposes.

Academic Symposium Poster: "Conservation Management and Utilization of the Wooden Storage Facility at Seocheon Bongseon-ri Site" / Korea National University of Cultural Heritage.

The Seocheon Bongseon-ri site, designated as a historic site, is a Baekje-period ritual site first identified during a test excavation by Seocheon County in 2014. In the 2016 excavation, a wooden storage facility (mokgwakgo) was found largely intact. Earthenware, animal and plant remains, and wooden objects were found stored together, providing materials regarded as evidence of Baekje-era wooden construction and processing techniques. Korea National University of Cultural Heritage, commissioned by Seocheon County, has conducted a 10-year preservation project of the wooden facility since 2016.

The symposium will begin with a keynote lecture by Professor Park Soonbal of Chungnam National University, followed by presentations on the site’s structure and characteristics, dendrochronological dating and processing techniques of the wooden members, and the outcomes of preservation efforts. A comprehensive discussion, chaired by Professor Wi Gwangcheol of Hanseo University, will also take place.

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