Mumun pottery period
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The Mumun pottery period is an archaeological era in Korean prehistory that dates to approximately 1500-300 BC. This period is named after the Korean name for undecorated or plain cooking and storage vessels that form a large part of the pottery assemblage over the entire length of the period, but especially 850-550 BC.
Ganghwa dolmen, South Korea
Large Middle Mumun (c. 8th century BC) storage vessel unearthed from a pit-house in or near Daepyeong, H= c. 60-70 cm.
Image: Late Bronze Age Potteries of Korea. Goejeong dong, Daejeon. National Museum of Korea
Image: Kangmok Toldaemun jar. Bronze Age Gojoseon
Jeulmun pottery period
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The Jeulmun pottery period is an archaeological era in Korean prehistory broadly spanning the period of 8000–1500 BC. This period subsumes the Mesolithic and Neolithic cultural stages in Korea, lasting ca. 8000–3500 BC and 3500–1500 BC, respectively. Because of the early presence of pottery, the entire period has also been subsumed under a broad label of "Korean Neolithic".
Classic Jeulmun vessel with wide mouth, c. 3500 BC. From National Museum of Korea.
Korean earthenware vessel in the classic Jeulmun comb-pattern style. Various patterns cover the majority of the vessel surface. Ca. 4000 BC, Amsa-dong, Seoul. British Museum.