The development of archaeological science and new materials on the stone age in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea: their meaning for the archaeology of the Russian Far East

In this article we analyze the main findings in Paleolithic and Neolithic archaeology by the scientists from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea achieved in 2006–2011. In the recent time Korean archaeologists received from excavations and analyzed a number of new data on Stone Age. Such sites as late Paleolithic site of Pusibawisan, in Hamgyong-pukto Province in the North-Eastern part of the country, Neolithic layers of Pyodae settlement site in Pyongyang area and some others, revealed a rich material on the stone age of Korea, such as Paleolithic tools and half-finished products, for the first time discovered in Korea Neolithic pottery kiln, remains of dwellings, rich pottery material. The findings and research of these recent years not only further enriched our knowledge about the human activities of the middle and late Paleolithic in Korea, or in making more précised the comparative dating of late Neolithic sites in Taedonggang basin, territorial differences between different sub-regions and the «borders» between different cultural types, but also on their connection with the stone age sites in the Russian Far East, such as Ustinovka, Gromatukha, Boysmana, Krounovka etc. In this article we analyze the main results achieved by Korean archaeologists in the recent years and present a material to analyze and to think about for their Russian colleagues, who are working in next to the Korean Peninsula region.