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
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.
Late Bronze Age Potteries of Korea. Goejeong dong, Daejeon. National Museum of Korea
Kangmok Toldaemun jar. Bronze Age Gojoseon
Prehistoric Korea is the era of human existence in the Korean Peninsula for which written records do not exist. It nonetheless constitutes the greatest segment of the Korean past and is the major obje
Mumun pottery period
…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…
Globular, high-collared jar with slightly flaring rim
Korea Mesolithic age axes
Korean earthenware vessel in the classic Jeulmun comb-pattern style over the whole vessel. c. 4000 BC, Amsa-dong, Seoul. British Museum