Island Village, Growth and Changes

Koreans of the past were regularly crossing the seas in boats. People from the central and southern areas of the Korean Peninsula traveled to and from Jeju Island, leading to the flourishing of a new Bronze Age culture on the island. Large villages were built in Samyang-dong and Yongdam-dong in Jeju-si, close to both land and sea routes. Several houses were gathered by the seaside and on the flat tops of hills. These houses, known as pit-dwellings, were constructed by digging pits, first square ones and later round versions. Island villages in Jeju gradually changed over time. Residents in these island villages fired harder plain earthenware than before and produced objects by using tools made by skillfully honing stones. Shells were utilized to adorn their bodies. The leaders of island villages showed off their authority with bronzeware and jade accessories transported from the peninsula.