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	隆起文土器
Revised Romanization	Yunggimun Togi
McCune–Reischauer	Yunggimun 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

• Jeulmun pottery period
• Prehistoric Korea