삼국시대 묘제 변화 배경에 대한 연구

Abstract

Generally, Now that the tomb system is one of our cultural inherits that is most unlikely to be subject to change, the government has had difficulty in changing the current system despite its endless efforts. A close look at Korean history reveals that the tomb system underwent revision most rapidly during the period of Three-Kingdom Korea. Given this, this paper aims to find what forced the tomb system of the age of Three-Kingdom Korea to change at such a fast speed. As a result, it has been found that the tomb system was so conservative that its change was accelerated by the direct introduction of other systems. To reach this conclusion, the following hypothesis was first set up: the change of the tomb system caused by such factors as an exile of a political group, immigration of refugee groups, trade, wars, ambassadors, marriage, and religions. Efforts were made to test this hypothesis through the examination of archaeological data and relevant literature. In addition, it has been discovered that the tomb system was most rapidly modified when such a movement was led by the high-class people rather than the middle-class people. This seems to suggest that the best way to change the current burial system of the dead in short time is to urge the high-class leaders to change the burial-oriented tomb system.