TAEAN, SOUTH KOREA—The Korea Herald reports that the wreckage of a ship thought to have been carrying a cargo of ceramics has been discovered off the coast of South Korea’s Mado Island. The National Research Institute of Maritime Cultural Heritage announced that the stern of the vessel and some wooden beams had been found, along with buncheong ware, which is characterized by a gray or bluish green body covered with a white slip. Such pottery is associated with the earlier part of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). More than 100 pieces of white porcelain, thought to date to the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century, have also been recovered. Excavation of the site is scheduled for next spring. To read more about nautical archaeology, see "History's 10 Greatest Wrecks."
