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Mumun Pottery Period

1500 BC – 300 BC
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An archaeological era of Korean prehistory, c. 1500-300 BC, named for undecorated/plain cooking and storage pottery, marking the introduction of intensive agriculture, bronze metallurgy, and increasing social complexity across the Korean Peninsula.

Gives way to the Korean Iron Age from c. 300 BC.

Borders in 1500 BC · drawn from 1 sourced border frame
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