왜성(倭城) 조사방법 검토

Abstract

Initiated from the excavation of Ulsan Fortress, currently there are 12 excavations of fortresses that were built during the Japanese Invasion under progress. The excavation was a rescue excavation prior to the construction of roads or the infrastructure, however, by looking at the current research, many problems arose from the excavation process. The studies of the fortress structure or construction methods were very limited, and most excavation was merely executed to look for the ruins. Thus, this study will examine the problems in the current fortress excavation procedures and seek for ways to improve the process. Prior to the excavation process of the fortress, a preliminary investigation has to be executed to comprehend which section of the fortress are being excavated, and it has to begin after understanding the structures of facilities within the examined area. The examination method depends on the fact that different facilities will be found according to the location of particular examined section, thus methodology was separated into rampart examination, interior of rampart examination and exterior of the rampart examination. The study suggested that the rampart examination has to observe the stone work of the rampart exterior and locate the stonework split line, and on these located split lines, the rampart should have an interior and an exterior pit in order to examine the cross sectionand the planes simultaneously. The current study suggested that the interior of rampart examination had to focus on Gokryun (曲輪) and building remains. Gokryun is separated into cut-slope section and compiled section of the earth. The cut-slope section had similar construction method as the rampart, thus it was concluded that examining both using the same method was most efficient. Moreover, this study illustrated that emphasized that, out of the building remains, the buildings without an infrastructure (Gulipju- style building) had a unified scale of composition. The research further emphasized that most of the buildings without an infrastructureand the foundations of the building structure has had contraction or has been rebuilt since the primary construction, thus a detailed examination of even the cut surface had to be executed. In regard to the exterior of rampart examination, the facilities that could be confirmedduring the process are boris, wooden fences and walls. It is efficient to comprehend the characters and structure of these facilities through mutual relationship, thus the study suggest on executing a pit evaluation using the set grid and a detailed observation of the planes along with the cross section examination.