List of archaeological periods (Korea)
Encyclopedia
The chronology of the Korean peninsula
is divided into the following archaeological periods:
Neolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Korean Peninsula
The Korean Peninsula is a peninsula in East Asia. It extends southwards for about 684 miles from continental Asia into the Pacific Ocean and is surrounded by the Sea of Japan to the south, and the Yellow Sea to the west, the Korea Strait connecting the first two bodies of water.Until the end of...
is divided into the following archaeological periods:
Neolithic
- Jeulmun Pottery PeriodJeulmun pottery periodThe Jeulmun Pottery Period is an archaeological era in Korean prehistory that dates to approximately 8000-1500 BC.. It 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 means...
, 8000-1500 BCE
Bronze Age
- Mumun Pottery PeriodMumun pottery periodThe Mumun pottery period is an archaeological era in Korean prehistory that dates to approximately 1500-300 BC This period is named after the Korean name for undecorated or plain cooking and storage vessels that form a large part of the pottery assemblage over the entire length of the period, but...
, 1500-300 BCE
Iron Age
- SamhanSamhanThe Samhan period of Korean history comprises confederacies of Mahan, Jinhan, and Byeonhan in central and southern Korean peninsula, during the final century BCE and the early centuries CE....
/ Proto–Three Kingdoms Period, 100 BCE to 300 CE (proto-historic era, not an archaeological period)
See also
- List of archaeological periods - parent page