Archaeological culture · c. 1500–300 BCE
Mumun culture
The Mumun ('plain pottery') culture of Korea followed the Jeulmun and brought intensive farming of rice and millet, large villages of pit-houses, and growing differences in rank. Its people built most of Korea's dolmens, and some villages, such as Songguk-ri, had palisades and ditches.
Local bronze-working is not proven before about the 13th century BCE and bronze stayed rare until after 300 BCE.
See Mumun culture on the map in 1500 BCE
- On the map
- 1500–300 BCE
How we know
No writing existed in Korea yet; villages and dolmens are dated by radiocarbon and pottery styles.
Sites
- Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa dolmens c. 1000–300 BCE (Bronze Age; Gochang group c. 7th century BCE)
- Songguk-ri c. 850–300 BCE