When life in Korea begun.

It is surely believed that Dangun was the main founder of Korea, however it is just a myth. Well then, you are probably wondering who was living on the korean land back then!

Archaeologists have done many researches and found several relics dating back to the Paleolithic and Neolithic ages. 

The life in the korean peninsula had officially started around the end of the Ice Age in north Korea and Manchuria, when the neolithic people started manufacturing polished stone implements, coarsing earthware, building pit dwellings villages and later, developing hunting, farming and others... According to ancient Chinese texts, the people who established themselves on the northern part of Korea were called "Yemaek" . 

Pottery excavated at Amsa-dong

The Paleolithic period :

During this prehistorical period, humans used to live in cages around Jecheon and Cheongju. And the fossils found there, were those of ferocious animals. 

The Neolithic period :

This period starts by the production of pottery : Jeulmun and Mumun pottery.

-The Jeulmun pottery is known for its basic design and its ressemblance with the mongolian, russian and japanese pottery. It is during this period that the rice cultivation started in korea.

-The Mumun pottery period knew the expansion and the enlargement of the villages ( Songgukri, Daepyeong, Igeum-dong ) and the developement of rice agriculture.