| Abstract: |
Finding sites with Chulmuntogi--"comb-pattern pottery"--on the coasts, islands, and major rivers of Korea, early archaeologists quite reasonably concluded that the associated subsistence base must have been aquatic resources. Figure 1 shows the location of the Chulmun sites, which clearly cluster in riverine and coastal groupings. Most of the coastal and island sites are shell mounds, and river sites contain numerous net sinkers, adding further weight to the locational inference. However, closer inspection of a group of related sites on the Han River in central Korea suggests a different pattern of subsistence activities in this location.
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