Yunggimuntogi, yunggimun pottery or Deotmunitogi (덧무늬토기) is the oldest type of
Korean pottery
Korean ceramic history begins with the oldest earthenware from around 8000 BC.
Throughout the history, the Korean peninsula has been home to lively, innovative, and sophisticated art making. Long period of stability have allowed for the establi ...
.
[ The name literally means "raised-design pottery";][ it has also been called "pre-slant earthenware".]BCE
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, yunggimun pottery were flat-bottomed wares decorated with relief
Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces are bonded to a solid background of the same material. The term '' relief'' is from the Latin verb ''relevo'', to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that th ...
designs, raised horizontal lines and other impressions.[Rurarz 2009, p.25]
This style of pottery is characterized by pinched, raised decoration, plain raised and raised and impressed lines.[Portal 2000, p.27]
This style of pottery has been found in northeast Korea[ in addition to other regions. Some sites at which yunggimun pottery have been found include Sangnodaedo(island located in Yokjimyeon ]Tongyeong
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), Osan-ri(in Sonyangmyeon, Yangyang County
Yangyang County (''Yangyang-gun'') is in Gangwon Province, South Korea. The county is located in the northeast of the country in Gangwon-do. Its population is about 31,000 (2004).
The Yangyang area is well known for its pine mushrooms (''son ...
) and Dongsam-dong(At Yeongdo District
Yeongdo District is a '' gu'' in Busan, South Korea. The ''gu'' itself is limited to Yeong-do (''Yeong Island'') located on the south edge of central Busan. It attained the status of ''gu'' in 1957.
The Korea Maritime and Ocean University and t ...
, Busan
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).[Nelson, p.34-35]
See also
*Jeulmun pottery period
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*Prehistoric Korea
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