淸州地域 高麗時代 土壙墓 受容背景과 造營勢力

Abstract

This paper is designed for investigating a construction group of Pit burialsin Cheongju region in Goryeo period. There are a number of scholarly dataof central and local governments during the Later Three Kingdoms andGoryeo periods as well as plenty of excavated data of pit burials and pitburials with a stone outer‐coffin have been reported in Cheongju region. However, comprehensive study for revealing the historical context based onthe two types of data is rarely attempted. Different elements from traditional burials built with stone have beenreported in the pit burials of Goryeo. In particular, facilities such as aYogaeng(腰坑, a small pit for burial furnishings) and a niche, and burialfurnishings mainly consisting of household items such as a bronze mirror,spoon, and coins, and scissors are characteristics of pit burials of Goryeo. These items sharing similarities with those of Chinese states of Liao andChin might imply interrelationships with northern China. The fact that a newburial style introduced with a new culture appeared early in Cheongju regioncould be a basis to suppose a close relationship between Cheongju andcentral government. Based on historical documents, it is certain that there were a groupstaying in the capital area and a group in local areas in Cheongju. While thegroup staying in the capital from Cheongju was a powerful local clan basedon around current Sangdang district centering town fortress of Cheongju, thelocal group has been considered as that of Kim clan originated in Cheongjuwhich maintained firm status at the region as mentioned inYongdusadanggakngi(龍頭寺幢竿記, A Record for a Pole at a Buddhist Temple named Yongdusa). Distance from a main base of Cheongju Kim clan to a burial complex atGeumcheon‐dong, mainly consisting of pit burials is only about 2Kim. Accordingly, there is a high possibility that the area around theGeumcheondong Site is a gravesite of Cheongju Kim clan. In conclusion, aview that burial type of the Cheongju Kim clan, which mainly exercisedinfluence around Cheongju region, was a pit burial is quite probable.