The Wolseongno Archeological Site in Yongdam-dong is located at a comparatively level ground, about 40 meters above sea level in the village of Wolseong (formerly called Meokdolsaegi). The site is about 1.5 kilometers off the coast, with Hancheon Stream about 500 meters in the east and Yongdamdong Tombs located about 200 meters in the west. The first excavation of the site took place in 1999 prior to the construction project to widen the Wolseong Crossroad, resulting in the discovery of the features of Bronze Age dwellings, including one rectangular pit house, two atypical pit dwellings, one stone-lined pit, and various stone mounds. The surveys and excavations of the Yongdam-dong area suggest that the Wolseongno Archeological Site was formed between the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE, and that it probably contained a large settlement. The discoveries in the site also imply that the settlement preceded that in the Archeological Site in Samyang-dong (Historic Site No. 412). Archeologists now believe that the Samyang-dong settlement represented by the band-rimmed earthenware coexisted with the Yongdam-dong settlement represented by the rim-perforated and rim-notched earthenware in the early phase of the Tamna period (ca. 3rd to 2nd centuries BCE) around the present-day Jeju-si.

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