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.
The atlas holds 3 border frames for Mumun Pottery Period — the shape you scrub through changes in 1500 BC · 850 BC · 550 BC.
Standard English-language synthesis of Korean prehistory covering the Jeulmun-to-Mumun transition.
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