동해안지역 신석기시대 조기 물질문화 교류 - 죽변리유적 토기 중심으로 -

Abstract

This study examines the exchange of material culture in the initial phase of the Neolithic period by focusing on pre-early Neolithic pottery found in eastern coastal areas of the Korean peninsula. Pottery excavated from the Jukbyeon-ri remains in Uljin was classified by type, followed by the establishment of stages of development. To establish the stages of development, pre-early Neolithic remains in the East Coast region were divided into northern, central and southern areas, and the pottery was compared for changes. Four distinct stages were established through this process. Any similarities and differences in pottery-making methods were considered as the results of the exchange of material culture between these three areas of the eastern coastal region. Pottery excavated from pre-early Neolithic remains in the East Coast suggests that the exchange of material culture occurred in the following manner: initially, different material cultures developed separately in each of these areas. When the neighboring areas came into contact or exchanged with each other, the encounter between the two different material cultures gave rise to a new type of material culture. As a result, pottery across the eastern coastal region became highly similar both in terms of type and appearance. Later with the further broadening of exchange, the surface of pottery was decorated with the same comb pattern-type motif, found at the end stage of the pre-early pottery, which quickly progressed to Early Neolithic pottery.