Unlike other areas, archeology has a distinctive process of material gathering. In other words, the process of directly gathering archeological materials such as digging out and gathering relics as well as studying the ruins made by human activities. We should accurately determine the location, associated relationship, and stratigraphic sequence of relics to find the meaning of the relics. It means that the site for human residence, fire hole or soil becomes critical information. Therefore, the most critical start in archeology is the excavation
Construction site for the new Seoul City Hall is at the address of 31, Taepyungro 1 Ga, Junggu, Seoul. Before building the new Seoul City Hall, relic excavation was started, knowing that there were Joseon dynasty relics buried under the ground. One hundred and ten days of excavation was made from June 11 to December 10 of 2009 here.