Shell Mound in Dongsam-dong, Busan is located on the west coast of Yeong-do Island in Dongsam-dong, Yeongdo District, Busan, South Korea.
This archaeological site consists of a midden of shells of various mollusc taxa that were discarded in a relatively small or restricted area by people who lived there in the Jeulmun pottery period.
[1][2] It was excavated three times by archaeologists of the National Museum of Korea from 1969 and was found to be among the oldest Jeulmun middens so far discovered in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula.
[1][3] A variety of artifacts, including three types of pottery (patternless, comb-patterned, and appliqué patterned), and tools made of bone and stone were uncovered.
Artifacts and features from Dongsam-dong provide insight into the way the people of the area lived as well as into the cultural trends of the times.