Yunggimun pottery

Yunggimuntogi, or yunggimun pottery is the oldest type of Korean pottery.[1] The name literally means "raised-design pottery";[2] it has also been called "pre-slant earthenware".[3] Dated to circa 5,000 BCE, yunggimun pottery were flat-bottomed wares decorated with relief designs, raised horizontal lines and other impressions.[1]

Yunggimun pottery
Hangul	융기문토기
Hanja	隆起文土器
Revised Romanization	Yunggimun Togi
McCune–Reischauer	Yunggimun T'oki

This style of pottery is characterized by pinched, raised decoration, plain raised and raised and impressed lines.[2]

This style of pottery has been found in northeast Korea[2] in addition to other regions. Some sites at which yunggimun pottery have been found include Sangdeado, Osan-ri and Dongsam-dong.[4]

See also

• Jeulmun pottery period
• Prehistoric Korea

References

1. Rurarz 2009, p.25
2. Portal 2000, p.27
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 27, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. Nelson, p.34-35

Bibliography

• Sarah M. Nelson (2004). Korean social archaeology: early villages. Jimoondang. ISBN 978-89-88095-01-0. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
• Jane Portal (20 March 2000). Korea: art and archaeology. British Museum. ISBN 978-0-7141-1487-3.
• Joanna Rurarz (2009). Historia Korei. Dialog. ISBN 978-83-89899-28-6.