Yunggimun pottery

Yunggimuntogi, yunggimun pottery or Deotmunitogi (덧무늬토기)[1] is the oldest type of Korean pottery.[2] The name literally means "raised-design pottery";[3] it has also been called "pre-slant earthenware".[4] Dated to circa 5,000 BCE, yunggimun pottery were flat-bottomed wares decorated with relief designs, raised horizontal lines and other impressions.[2]

Yunggimun pottery
Hangul
융기문토기
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYunggimun Togi
McCune–ReischauerYunggimun T'ogi

This style of pottery is characterized by pinched, raised decoration, plain raised and raised and impressed lines.[3]

This style of pottery has been found in northeast Korea[3] in addition to other regions. Some sites at which yunggimun pottery have been found include Sangnodaedo(island located in Yokjimyeon Tongyeong), Osan-ri(in Sonyangmyeon, Yangyang County) and Dongsam-dong(At Yeongdo District, Busan).[5]

See also

References
  1. "덧무늬토기". Encyclopedia of Korean Culture.
  2. Rurarz 2009, p.25
  3. Portal 2000, p.27
  4. "PaperSearch 학술논문검색사이트". Archived from the original on April 27, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
  5. 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.
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