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ABSOLUTE CHRONOLOGY OF GOSAN-RI-TYPE POTTERY, THE OLDEST MANUFACTURED POTTERY IN KOREA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2020

Myung-Jin Kim Open the ORCID record for Myung-Jin Kim [Opens in a new window] ,
Jae-Won Go ,
Mun-Bae Bang ,
Wan Hong Open the ORCID record for Wan Hong [Opens in a new window]  and
Gi-Kil Lee
Myung-Jin Kim
Affiliation:
RADPION Inc., 17 Techno 4-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon34013, Korea
Jae-Won Go
Affiliation:
Jeju Cultural Heritage Institute, 3 Jeongsil 2-gil, Jeju-si, Jeju-do63147, Korea
Mun-Bae Bang
Affiliation:
Jeju Cultural Heritage Institute, 3 Jeongsil 2-gil, Jeju-si, Jeju-do63147, Korea
Wan Hong
Affiliation:
Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), 124 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon34132, Korea
Gi-Kil Lee*
Affiliation:
Chosun University, 309 Pilmun-daero, Dong-gu, Gwangju61452, Korea
*
*Corresponding author. Email: kklee@chosun.ac.kr.
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Abstract

Gosan-ri-type pottery (GTP) is a unique plant-fiber-tempered pottery from Korea and has only been found in Early Neolithic sites on Jeju Island. In this study, we conducted radiocarbon (14C) dating for one GTP sample and 10 charcoal samples collected from archaeological structures in which GTP was found in 2012. The measurement conditions, the internal quality assurance test, and the reliability test indicate that each 14C date is very reliable. However, the 14C dates of the charcoal samples were more accurate than that of the GTP sample due to contamination from younger humic acids. From the summary of all 14C dates of charcoal samples using the KDE model, we finally conclude that GTP was manufactured and utilized throughout the period 9610–9490 cal BP (7670–7550 BC) with 95.4% confidence level. This age corroborates the inference that GTP is the oldest known Korean Neolithic pottery.

Keywords

Early Korean NeolithicGosan-ri siteGosan-ri-type potteryradiocarbon dating
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Conference Paper
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Radiocarbon , Volume 62 , Issue 6: Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium , December 2020 , pp. 1715 - 1722
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Selected Papers from the 9th Radiocarbon & Archaeology Symposium, Athens, GA, USA, 20–24 May 2019

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