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The '''Jeulmun |
The '''Jeulmun pottery period''' ({{Korean|hangul=즐문 토기 시대}}) is an archaeological era in [[Prehistoric Korea|Korean prehistory]] broadly spanning the period of 8000–1500 BC.<ref>Bale, Martin T. 2001. Archaeology of Early Agriculture in Korea: An Update on Recent Developments. ''Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association'' 21(5):77-84. Choe, C.P. and Martin T. Bale 2002. Current Perspectives on Settlement, Subsistence, and Cultivation in Prehistoric Korea. ''Arctic Anthropology'' 39(1-2):95-121. |
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Crawford, Gary W. and Gyoung-Ah Lee 2003. Agricultural Origins in the Korean Peninsula. ''Antiquity'' 77(295):87-95. |
Crawford, Gary W. and Gyoung-Ah Lee 2003. Agricultural Origins in the Korean Peninsula. ''Antiquity'' 77(295):87-95. |
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Lee, June-Jeong 2001. From Shellfish Gathering to Agriculture in Prehistoric Korea: The Chulmun to Mumun Transition. PhD dissertation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison. Proquest, Ann Arbor. |
Lee, June-Jeong 2001. From Shellfish Gathering to Agriculture in Prehistoric Korea: The Chulmun to Mumun Transition. PhD dissertation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison. Proquest, Ann Arbor. |
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Lee, June-Jeong 2006. From Fisher-Hunter to Farmer: Changing Socioeconomy during the Chulmun Period in Southeastern Korea, In ''Beyond "Affluent Foragers": The Development of Fisher-Hunter Societies in Temperate Regions'', eds. by Grier, Kim, and Uchiyama, Oxbow Books, Oxford.</ref> |
Lee, June-Jeong 2006. From Fisher-Hunter to Farmer: Changing Socioeconomy during the Chulmun Period in Southeastern Korea, In ''Beyond "Affluent Foragers": The Development of Fisher-Hunter Societies in Temperate Regions'', eds. by Grier, Kim, and Uchiyama, Oxbow Books, Oxford.</ref> This period subsumes the [[Mesolithic]] and [[Neolithic]] cultural stages in Korea,<ref name="Choe and Bale 2002">Choe and Bale 2002</ref><ref>see also Crawford and Lee 2003, Bale 2001</ref> lasting ca. 8000–3500 BC ("Incipient" to "Early" phases) and 3500–1500 BC ("Middle" and "Late" phases), respectively.<ref>Choe, C P and Martin T Bale (2002) Current Perspectives on Settlement, Subsistence, and Cultivation in Prehistoric Korea. Arctic Anthropology 39(1–2): 95–121. ISSN 0066-6939</ref> Because of the early presence of pottery, the entire period has also been subsumed under a broad label of "Korean Neolithic".<ref name="Lee 2001">Lee 2001</ref> |
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This period subsumes the [[Mesolithic]] and [[Neolithic]] cultural stages in Korea,<ref name="Choe and Bale 2002">Choe and Bale 2002</ref><ref>see also Crawford and Lee 2003, Bale 2001</ref> lasting ca. 8000–3500 BC ("Incipient" to "Early" phases) and 3500–1500 BC ("Middle" and "Late" phases), respectively.<ref>Choe, C P and Martin T Bale (2002) Current Perspectives on Settlement, Subsistence, and Cultivation in Prehistoric Korea. Arctic Anthropology 39(1–2): 95–121. ISSN 0066-6939</ref> |
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Because of the early presence of pottery, the entire period has also been subsumed under a broad label of "Korean Neolithic".<ref name="Lee 2001">Lee 2001</ref> |
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The Jeulmun pottery period is named after the decorated [[pottery]] vessels that form a large part of the pottery assemblage consistently over the above period, especially 4000-2000 BC. ''Jeulmun'' ( |
The [[Jeulmun pottery]] period is named after the decorated [[pottery]] vessels that form a large part of the pottery assemblage consistently over the above period, especially 4000-2000 BC. ''Jeulmun'' ({{Korean|hangul=즐문|hanja=櫛文|labels=no}}) means "Comb-patterned". A boom in the archaeological excavations of Jeulmun Period sites since the mid-1990s has increased knowledge about this important formative period in the prehistory of [[East Asia]]. |
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A boom in the archaeological excavations of Jeulmun Period sites since the mid-1990s has increased knowledge about this important formative period in the prehistory of [[East Asia]]. |
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The Jeulmun was a period of hunting, gathering, and small-scale cultivation of plants.<ref>Lee 2001, 2006</ref> Archaeologists sometimes refer to this life-style pattern as "broad-spectrum [[hunter-gatherer|hunting |
The Jeulmun was a period of hunting, gathering, and small-scale cultivation of plants.<ref>Lee 2001, 2006</ref> Archaeologists sometimes refer to this life-style pattern as "broad-spectrum [[hunter-gatherer|hunting and gathering]]". |
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[[File:Jeulmunmap.png|200px|thumb|Map of archaeological sites in the southern Korea peninsular during the Jeulmun Period.]] |
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==Incipient Jeulmun== |
==Incipient Jeulmun== |
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[[File:Korea-Neolithic.age-Pot-01.jpg|thumb|left|Classic Jeulmun vessel with wide mouth, c. 3500 BC. From [[National Museum of Korea]].]] |
[[File:Korea-Neolithic.age-Pot-01.jpg|thumb|left|Classic Jeulmun vessel with wide mouth, c. 3500 BC. From [[National Museum of Korea]].]] |
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[[File:KoreanEarthenwareJar4000BCEAmsa-DongNearSeoul.jpg|thumb|left|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]].]] |
[[File:KoreanEarthenwareJar4000BCEAmsa-DongNearSeoul.jpg|thumb|left|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]].]] |
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The origins of the Jeulmun are not well known, but raised-clay pattern [[Yunggimun]] pottery ( |
The origins of the Jeulmun are not well known, but raised-clay pattern [[Yunggimun]] pottery ({{Korean|융기문토기|隆起文土器|labels=no}}) appears at southern sites such as Gosan-ni in [[Jeju Province]] and Ubong-ni on the seacoast in [[Ulsan]]. Some archaeologists describe this range of time as the "Incipient Jeulmun period" and suggest that the Gosan-ni pottery dates to 10,000 BC.<ref name="Choe and Bale 2002"/><ref>Im, Hyo-jae 1995. The New Archaeological Data Concerned with the Cultural Relationship between Korea and Japan in the Neolithic Age. ''Korea Journal'' 35 (3):31-40.</ref> Samples of the pottery were radiocarbon dated, and although one result is consistent with the argument that pottery emerged at a very early date (i.e., 10,180±65 BP [AA-38105]), other dates are somewhat later.<ref>Kuzmin, Yaroslav V. 2006. Chronology of the Earliest Pottery in East Asia: Progress and Pitfalls. ''Antiquity'' 80:362–371.</ref> If the earlier dating holds true, Yunggimun pottery from Gosan-ni would be, along with central and southern China, the [[Japanese Archipelago]], and the [[Russian Far East]], among a group of the oldest known [[pottery]] in world [[prehistory]]. Kuzmin suggests that more [[absolute dating]] is needed to gain a better perspective on this notion.<ref>Kuzmin 2006:368</ref> |
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==Early Jeulmun== |
==Early Jeulmun== |
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Choe and Bale estimate that at least 14 Middle Jeulmun period (c. 3500-2000 BC) sites have yielded evidence of cultivation in the form of carbonized plant remains and agricultural stone tools.<ref>Choe and Bale 2002:110</ref> For example, Crawford and Lee, using [[Mass spectrometry|AMS]] dating techniques, directly dated a domesticated [[foxtail millet]] (''Setaria italica'' ssp. ''italica'') seed from the Dongsam-dong Shellmidden site to the Middle Jeulmun.<ref>Crawford and Lee 2003:89</ref> Another example of Middle Jeulmun cultivation is found at Jitam-ri (Chitam-ni) in [[North Korea]]. A pit-house at Jitam-ri yielded several hundred grams of some carbonized cultigen that North Korean archaeologists state is [[millet]].<ref>To, Yu-ho and Ki-dok Hwang 1961.''Chitam-ni Wonshi Yuchok Palgul Pogo'' [Excavation Report of the Chitam-ni Prehistoric Site]. Kwahakwon Ch'ulpan'sa, Pyeongyang.</ref><ref>see also Im 2000:149</ref> However, not all archaeologists accept the grains as [[domesticated]] millet because it was gathered out of context in an unsystematic way, only black-and-white photos of the find exist, and the original description is in [[Korean language|Korean]] only. |
Choe and Bale estimate that at least 14 Middle Jeulmun period (c. 3500-2000 BC) sites have yielded evidence of cultivation in the form of carbonized plant remains and agricultural stone tools.<ref>Choe and Bale 2002:110</ref> For example, Crawford and Lee, using [[Mass spectrometry|AMS]] dating techniques, directly dated a domesticated [[foxtail millet]] (''Setaria italica'' ssp. ''italica'') seed from the Dongsam-dong Shellmidden site to the Middle Jeulmun.<ref>Crawford and Lee 2003:89</ref> Another example of Middle Jeulmun cultivation is found at Jitam-ri (Chitam-ni) in [[North Korea]]. A pit-house at Jitam-ri yielded several hundred grams of some carbonized cultigen that North Korean archaeologists state is [[millet]].<ref>To, Yu-ho and Ki-dok Hwang 1961.''Chitam-ni Wonshi Yuchok Palgul Pogo'' [Excavation Report of the Chitam-ni Prehistoric Site]. Kwahakwon Ch'ulpan'sa, Pyeongyang.</ref><ref>see also Im 2000:149</ref> However, not all archaeologists accept the grains as [[domesticated]] millet because it was gathered out of context in an unsystematic way, only black-and-white photos of the find exist, and the original description is in [[Korean language|Korean]] only. |
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Cultivation was likely a supplement to a subsistence regime that continued to heavily emphasize deep-sea fishing, shellfish gathering, and hunting. "Classic Jeulmun" or ''Bitsalmunui'' pottery ( |
Cultivation was likely a supplement to a subsistence regime that continued to heavily emphasize deep-sea fishing, shellfish gathering, and hunting. "Classic Jeulmun" or ''Bitsalmunui'' pottery ({{Korean|hangul=빗살무늬토기|labels=no}}) in which comb-patterning, cord-wrapping, and other decorations extend across the entire outer surface of the vessel, appeared at the end of the Early Jeulmun and is found in West-central and South-coastal Korea in the Middle Jeulmun. |
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==Late Jeulmun== |
==Late Jeulmun== |
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The subsistence pattern of the Late Jeulmun period (c. 2000-1500 BC) is associated with a de-emphasis on exploitation of shellfish, and the settlement pattern registered the appearance of interior settlements such as Sangchon-ri (see [[Daepyeong]]) and Imbul-ri. Lee suggests that environmental stress on shellfish populations and the movement of people into the interior prompted groups to become more reliant on cultivated plants in their diets.<ref>Lee 2001:323; 2006</ref> The subsistence system of the interior settlements was probably not unlike that of the incipient Early [[Mumun pottery period]] (c. 1500-1250 BC), when small-scale [[shifting cultivation]] ("slash-and-burn") was practiced in addition to a variety of other subsistence strategies. The Late Jeulmun is roughly contemporaneous with [[Lower Xiajiadian culture]] in [[Liaoning]], [[China]]. Archaeologists have suggested that [[Bangudae Petroglyphs|Bangudae]] and Cheonjeon-ri, a substantial group of petroglyph panels in Ulsan, may date to this sub-period, but this is the subject of some debate. |
The [[subsistence pattern]] of the Late Jeulmun period (c. 2000-1500 BC) is associated with a de-emphasis on exploitation of shellfish, and the settlement pattern registered the appearance of interior settlements such as Sangchon-ri (see [[Daepyeong]]) and Imbul-ri. Lee suggests that environmental stress on shellfish populations and the movement of people into the interior prompted groups to become more reliant on cultivated plants in their diets.<ref>Lee 2001:323; 2006</ref> The subsistence system of the interior settlements was probably not unlike that of the incipient Early [[Mumun pottery period]] (c. 1500-1250 BC), when small-scale [[shifting cultivation]] ("[[slash-and-burn]]") was practiced in addition to a variety of other subsistence strategies. The Late Jeulmun is roughly contemporaneous with [[Lower Xiajiadian culture]] in [[Liaoning]], [[China]]. Archaeologists have suggested that [[Bangudae Petroglyphs|Bangudae]] and Cheonjeon-ri, a substantial group of petroglyph panels in Ulsan, may date to this sub-period, but this is the subject of some debate. |
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Kim Jangsuk suggests that the hunter-gatherer-cultivators of the Late Jeulmun were gradually displaced from their "resource patches" by a new group with superior slash-and-burn cultivation technology and who migrated south with ''Mumun'' or undecorated |
Kim Jangsuk suggests that the hunter-gatherer-cultivators of the Late Jeulmun were gradually displaced from their "resource patches" by a new group with superior slash-and-burn cultivation technology and who migrated south with ''Mumun'' or undecorated pottery ({{Korean|hangul=무문토기|hanja=無文土器|labels=no}}). Kim explains that the pattern of land use practiced by the Mumun pottery users, the dividing up of land into sets of slash-and-burn fields, eventually encroached on and cut off parts of hunting grounds used by Jeulmun pottery users.<ref>Kim, Jangsuk 2003. Land-use Conflict and the Rate of Transition to Agricultural Economy: A Comparative Study of Southern Scandinavia and Central-western Korea. ''Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory'' 10(3):277-321.</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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==Further reading== |
==Further reading== |
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*Nelson, Sarah M. 1993 ''The Archaeology of Korea''. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. |
*Nelson, Sarah M. 1993 ''The Archaeology of Korea''. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. |
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*[http://www.history.go.kr/ the South Korean National Institute of Korean History.] |
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The Jeulmun pottery period (Korean: 즐문 토기 시대) is an archaeological era in Korean prehistory broadly spanning the period of 8000–1500 BC.[1] This period subsumes the Mesolithic and Neolithic cultural stages in Korea,[2][3] lasting ca. 8000–3500 BC ("Incipient" to "Early" phases) and 3500–1500 BC ("Middle" and "Late" phases), respectively.[4] Because of the early presence of pottery, the entire period has also been subsumed under a broad label of "Korean Neolithic".[5]
The Jeulmun pottery period is named after the decorated pottery vessels that form a large part of the pottery assemblage consistently over the above period, especially 4000-2000 BC. Jeulmun (즐문; 櫛文) means "Comb-patterned". A boom in the archaeological excavations of Jeulmun Period sites since the mid-1990s has increased knowledge about this important formative period in the prehistory of East Asia.
The Jeulmun was a period of hunting, gathering, and small-scale cultivation of plants.[6] Archaeologists sometimes refer to this life-style pattern as "broad-spectrum hunting and gathering".
Incipient Jeulmun
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The origins of the Jeulmun are not well known, but raised-clay pattern Yunggimun pottery (융기문토기; 隆起文土器) appears at southern sites such as Gosan-ni in Jeju Province and Ubong-ni on the seacoast in Ulsan. Some archaeologists describe this range of time as the "Incipient Jeulmun period" and suggest that the Gosan-ni pottery dates to 10,000 BC.[2][7] Samples of the pottery were radiocarbon dated, and although one result is consistent with the argument that pottery emerged at a very early date (i.e., 10,180±65 BP [AA-38105]), other dates are somewhat later.[8] If the earlier dating holds true, Yunggimun pottery from Gosan-ni would be, along with central and southern China, the Japanese Archipelago, and the Russian Far East, among a group of the oldest known pottery in world prehistory. Kuzmin suggests that more absolute dating is needed to gain a better perspective on this notion.[9]
Early Jeulmun
[edit]The Early Jeulmun period (c. 6000-3500 BC) is characterized by deep-sea fishing, hunting, and small semi-permanent settlements with pit-houses. Examples of Early Jeulmun settlements include Seopohang, Amsa-dong, and Osan-ri.[10] Radiocarbon evidence from coastal shellmidden sites such as Ulsan Sejuk-ri, Dongsam-dong, and Ga-do Island indicates that shellfish were exploited, but many archaeologists maintain that shellmiddens (or shellmound sites) did not appear until the latter Early Jeulmun.[5]
Middle Jeulmun
[edit]Choe and Bale estimate that at least 14 Middle Jeulmun period (c. 3500-2000 BC) sites have yielded evidence of cultivation in the form of carbonized plant remains and agricultural stone tools.[11] For example, Crawford and Lee, using AMS dating techniques, directly dated a domesticated foxtail millet (Setaria italica ssp. italica) seed from the Dongsam-dong Shellmidden site to the Middle Jeulmun.[12] Another example of Middle Jeulmun cultivation is found at Jitam-ri (Chitam-ni) in North Korea. A pit-house at Jitam-ri yielded several hundred grams of some carbonized cultigen that North Korean archaeologists state is millet.[13][14] However, not all archaeologists accept the grains as domesticated millet because it was gathered out of context in an unsystematic way, only black-and-white photos of the find exist, and the original description is in Korean only.
Cultivation was likely a supplement to a subsistence regime that continued to heavily emphasize deep-sea fishing, shellfish gathering, and hunting. "Classic Jeulmun" or Bitsalmunui pottery (빗살무늬토기) in which comb-patterning, cord-wrapping, and other decorations extend across the entire outer surface of the vessel, appeared at the end of the Early Jeulmun and is found in West-central and South-coastal Korea in the Middle Jeulmun.
Late Jeulmun
[edit]The subsistence pattern of the Late Jeulmun period (c. 2000-1500 BC) is associated with a de-emphasis on exploitation of shellfish, and the settlement pattern registered the appearance of interior settlements such as Sangchon-ri (see Daepyeong) and Imbul-ri. Lee suggests that environmental stress on shellfish populations and the movement of people into the interior prompted groups to become more reliant on cultivated plants in their diets.[15] The subsistence system of the interior settlements was probably not unlike that of the incipient Early Mumun pottery period (c. 1500-1250 BC), when small-scale shifting cultivation ("slash-and-burn") was practiced in addition to a variety of other subsistence strategies. The Late Jeulmun is roughly contemporaneous with Lower Xiajiadian culture in Liaoning, China. Archaeologists have suggested that Bangudae and Cheonjeon-ri, a substantial group of petroglyph panels in Ulsan, may date to this sub-period, but this is the subject of some debate.
Kim Jangsuk suggests that the hunter-gatherer-cultivators of the Late Jeulmun were gradually displaced from their "resource patches" by a new group with superior slash-and-burn cultivation technology and who migrated south with Mumun or undecorated pottery (무문토기; 無文土器). Kim explains that the pattern of land use practiced by the Mumun pottery users, the dividing up of land into sets of slash-and-burn fields, eventually encroached on and cut off parts of hunting grounds used by Jeulmun pottery users.[16]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Bale, Martin T. 2001. Archaeology of Early Agriculture in Korea: An Update on Recent Developments. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association 21(5):77-84. Choe, C.P. and Martin T. Bale 2002. Current Perspectives on Settlement, Subsistence, and Cultivation in Prehistoric Korea. Arctic Anthropology 39(1-2):95-121. Crawford, Gary W. and Gyoung-Ah Lee 2003. Agricultural Origins in the Korean Peninsula. Antiquity 77(295):87-95. Lee, June-Jeong 2001. From Shellfish Gathering to Agriculture in Prehistoric Korea: The Chulmun to Mumun Transition. PhD dissertation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison. Proquest, Ann Arbor. Lee, June-Jeong 2006. From Fisher-Hunter to Farmer: Changing Socioeconomy during the Chulmun Period in Southeastern Korea, In Beyond "Affluent Foragers": The Development of Fisher-Hunter Societies in Temperate Regions, eds. by Grier, Kim, and Uchiyama, Oxbow Books, Oxford.
- ^ a b Choe and Bale 2002
- ^ see also Crawford and Lee 2003, Bale 2001
- ^ Choe, C P and Martin T Bale (2002) Current Perspectives on Settlement, Subsistence, and Cultivation in Prehistoric Korea. Arctic Anthropology 39(1–2): 95–121. ISSN 0066-6939
- ^ a b Lee 2001
- ^ Lee 2001, 2006
- ^ Im, Hyo-jae 1995. The New Archaeological Data Concerned with the Cultural Relationship between Korea and Japan in the Neolithic Age. Korea Journal 35 (3):31-40.
- ^ Kuzmin, Yaroslav V. 2006. Chronology of the Earliest Pottery in East Asia: Progress and Pitfalls. Antiquity 80:362–371.
- ^ Kuzmin 2006:368
- ^ Im, Hyo-jae 2000. Hanguk Sinseokgi Munhwa [Neolithic Culture in Korea]. Jibmundang, Seoul.
- ^ Choe and Bale 2002:110
- ^ Crawford and Lee 2003:89
- ^ To, Yu-ho and Ki-dok Hwang 1961.Chitam-ni Wonshi Yuchok Palgul Pogo [Excavation Report of the Chitam-ni Prehistoric Site]. Kwahakwon Ch'ulpan'sa, Pyeongyang.
- ^ see also Im 2000:149
- ^ Lee 2001:323; 2006
- ^ Kim, Jangsuk 2003. Land-use Conflict and the Rate of Transition to Agricultural Economy: A Comparative Study of Southern Scandinavia and Central-western Korea. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 10(3):277-321.
Further reading
[edit]- Nelson, Sarah M. 1993 The Archaeology of Korea. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
External links
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