Archaeological culture · c. 8000–1500 BCE
Jeulmun (Chulmun) culture
Jeulmun is Korea's Neolithic, named after its comb-pattern pottery. People lived in pit-houses at sites such as Amsa-dong near Seoul, fished, hunted, gathered shellfish along the coasts and practised small-scale cultivation of plants, including foxtail millet.
Large shell middens at places like Dongsam-dong record their seafood diet. The whale-hunting carvings at Bangudae are usually linked to this period. It was followed by the farming Mumun culture.
See Jeulmun (Chulmun) culture on the map in 8000 BCE
- On the map
- 8000–1500 BCE
How we know
No writing existed; settlements and shell middens are dated by radiocarbon.
Sites
- Bangudae Petroglyphs c. 5000 BCE – 9th century CE (approximate)