기원전 3000년기 전반 빗살무늬토기집단의 動態 -중서부지역을 중심으로-

Abstract

This study challenges the previous attempts to interpret socioeconomic changes during the Neolithic which focus on one or two dimensions of entire material culture. Chronological scheme proposed in this study divided overall Chulmun Period in the central western Korean Peninsula into four phases-Phases Ⅰ, Ⅱ, Ⅲ, and Ⅳ-, and this study focuses on Phase Ⅲ. During the Phase Ⅲ equivalent to Gungsan IV Period or first half of Late CW Neolithic, some incised motif, such as herring-bone, became prevalent. The emergence of small settlements in the coastal area as well as inland area, and relatively strong nutritional dependency on marine resources can be named as important characteristics of this period. The emergence of possible communal structures at the site of Daedong River basin seems to have represented the changes in labor-pooling system within which the importance of communal activity(i.e. net fishing in the river), were emphasized. In central regions of the peninsula and southward, this period witnessed the spread of small habitation sites. The patterns of the inland area, in which development small semi-permanent habitation sites and quick spread of this period's material culture can be identified, might have been attributed to the necessity of frequent movement due to the underdevelopment of agricultural technology, and thus the advantage of small-size grouping. This period also witnessed the extension of exchange network. That may raised the group stability. These changes are dated to the first half of third millenium B.C.