Chulmun culture

The Chulmun culture, flourishing in the Korean peninsula between approximately 8000 and 4000 BCE, represents a significant period in ancient Korean history. This culture is characterized by its people living in pit-house villages and creating pottery that was either undecorated or featured linear designs. Their economy was primarily sustained through hunting, gathering, and fishing.1

Evidence of early agriculture in Korea suggests that foxtail millet and broomcorn millet were being cultivated as early as 5500 BCE. By 4000 BCE, rice cultivation appears to have been introduced from China. While the Chulmun people adopted crop production, intensive agriculture did not become widespread in Korea until the Bronze Age, during the Mumun period (roughly 3500 to 3000 BCE).1