1~5세기 호남동부지역의 주거와 취락

Abstract

This study summarized the research outcomes on the dwellings and settlements inthe eastern area of the southwestern region of Korea during the Three States period andreviewed the change and meaning of settlements in each district and the type and sceneryof settlements. The time scope for the research was the period before Baekje territorializedthis region, and the central period is between the 1st and 5th centuries. The changes such as the settlement site, structure, excavated relics, andchronological recording were summarized by district and settlements were divided intocentral and general settlements. The site for settlement gradually moved from the top ofthe hill toward the flat land, and the stronghold settlement with defense facilities betweenthe 1st and 3rd centuries are found in the flat land between the 4th and 5th centuries. Theplane form of the dwelling gradually changed from circular shape to square shape. Thesize of the dwelling is smaller than those found in the western area, suggesting that theformation of hierarchy progressed relatively slowly. The settlements in each district are divided into stronghold settlement and generalsettlement, and the stronghold settlement which is more populated is differentiated fromgeneral settlement by frequent findings of large dwelling, relics from outside, storage,ironware production facilities, and tombs. In the southwestern region of Korea, tomb remains are distributed near settlementsin many cases; however, tomb remains are scarce compared with settlements in the easternarea of the southwestern region of Korea. This is eventually related with the formation ofhierarchy and indicates that the eastern area of the southwestern region advanced into thecomplex society rather slowly.