Pottery with Applique decoration with clay
Yeosu Songdo, Neolithic age : Height 35.2cm
Earthenware of the Neolithic Age is made of a earth belt. To make tight between belt and decorate the earthenware, ancient people added thin belt or cut patterns on the earthenware. The earthenware with thin belt is called Pottery with Applique decoration with clay and the earthenware with comb-patterns is called Comb-pattern pottery.
Sharp bottom is the characteristic of earthenware of the Neolithic Age. The shape is to make a earthenware stand easily or stand against the weight of earth. Earthenware were found on stones outdoor an the bottoms were burnt. The fact shows that the earthenware were used for boiling food.