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Music is a vital part of all cultures past and present. This unique form of communication conveys instruction and facilitates rituals and religious ceremonies as well as entertains. Artifacts and ancient texts reveal that the people of ancient Korea wove music into nearly every aspect of society. Archaeomusicology, also known as music archaeology, is a discipline that specifically explores past music cultures through archaeological artifacts and texts. This field of study provides a unique lens through which to research and comprehend previous societies and lifeways. Although archaeomusicology is a burgeoning discipline, scholars have been researching musical aspects of the Ancient Korea. Early studies of music and instruments focused on textual analyses, but they were nonetheless the embryos of archaeomusicology. Written explorations of musical instruments mentioned and described in ancient texts date to as early as the 19th century. Some of the first recorded works include Kim Jeong-hi who was the korean master of epigraphy. Archaeological data were not a major part of their studies in Korea; yet, these pioneering scholars established a solid foundation for the field. We also know that archaeological data is needed revaluation about its musical identity. Korea, being a peninsula and being surrounded by the great powers of the Orient, has been subject to invasions throughout its history by warring nations from China and Manchuria to the north and from Japan to the east. So, In order to understand the Prehistoric state of Korea, we make researches into the archaeomusicology of Sandong and Jilin provinces of China.