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The Osanri site on the East Sea, which was found in the 1980s, belongs to the early history of the Sea and has made a new impact on researches on Korea's prehistoric age. Yet, the documents on the Osanri C zone, Mangsangdong, and the Munamri site have been recently reported without their genealogy being examined thoroughly. the document about the Osanri C zone shows fairly stable stratum with the ceramic development stage, starting from the lowest ceramics, the mixed type of red burnished ceramics and Abnalmun (nail-pressed pattern), to ceramics without any patterns, to red burnished ceramics (the 1st stage of the Osanri C zone), to Osanri-type ceramics (the 2nd stage of the Osanri C zone), to ceramics with raised designs (the 3rd stage of the Osanri C zone). The archaeological feature of the 1st type of the East Sea is called the Malyshevo Culture of Amur which is consisted of the mix of red burnished ceramic and Abnalmun (punctured-pressed pattern). And the absolute age of the Malyshevo culture says it started earlier at 7000B.P. and coincides with the age of the 1st type of the East Sea, around 6000-5800B.P. Moreover, The clay figures that were found in the Osanri C zone are very similar to those of the Malyshevo culture. Abnalmun at the rims and raised-design ceramics which represent the 2nd type of the East Sea is very similar to those of the Type of Sergeyvka. During the mid Neolithic era, comb ceramics of the pointed bottoms appeared after the 1st and 2nd types of the East Sea. In this regard, the 1st and 2nd types of the East Sea which seem to have existed earlier than comb ceramics can be recognized as a specific culture and they could be dubbed the Upper and Lower culture of Osanri.