영산강유역 호형토기의 조업과 훼기 연구 - 광주 평동유적 분구묘 출토품을 중심으로-

Abstract

It seems that the destruction of artifacts within the ditch feature of mounded tombs became a generalized practice on a large scale in the Yeongsan River basin as the construction and ritual activities associated with these large mounded tombs developed. When investigating the mounded tombs of the Honam region, jar vessels account for the highest proportion amongst deliberately destructed artifacts found in ditch features, and much information can be obtained from the jar vessels, from the forming to the firing to the destruction process. In this article, jar vessels from the mounded tombs of the Gwangju Pyeongdong site were analyzed and the pottery forming method, firing method, mode of ritual destruction of this pottery type was comprehensively investigated. It was possible to confirm, based on examinations of firing atmosphere, surface pattern, etc, that the pottery was produced by the same group of manufacturers. The time at which the construction of the tombs took place and the ritual activities could also be estimated. The process through which objects destroyed during rituals were manufactured was as follows. It seems that when the construction of mounded tombs was first decided, demand was predicted and the plan for manufacturing and supplying objects that were to be used as grave goods or to be destroyed in the ditch features was established. Analysis of the pottery indicates that they were mass-produced utilizing the beating method, a fact that had not been recognized thus far, and repeated firing was adopted in order to fire as many vessels as possible with the least amount of effort. In addition, in the case of vessels that were to be ritually destroyed, effort was put into firing as many vessels as possible,with little concern regarding possible deformities in vessel form. It was hence possible to reconstruct the entire process of manufacturing to the destruction of jar vessels based on the plentiful artifacts from the ditch features of mounded tombs of the Yeongsan River basin. In the future, more advanced opportunities for the studying the manufacture, distribution and circulation of ritual objects associated with mounded tomb groups near the Yeongsan River basin may allow a more detailed and integrated understanding of destroyed objects excavated at other mounded tomb groups in the Yeongsan River basin.