人骨 出土 事例로 본 7世紀 後半 遼寧省 瀋陽ㆍ撫順地域 古墳 造成 主體의 再認識

Abstract

As more tombs with human bones have been excavated from features across Shenyang and Fushun, Liaoning, than in other regions, these tombs serve as an important reference for inferring the burial process of Goguryeo and Balhae tombs. However, previous studies have focused on the countries to which those who built the tombs belong without undertaking a review of the burial process and the historical and archaeological interpretation with this process in mind. From an archaeological perspective, there is anatomical continuity in the multiple buried bodies or their human bones that have been collected, together with continuous additional burials in the tombs across Shenyang and Fushun. This is a common phenomenon observed in lateral entrance tombs, which are also found in some of the tombs from the late Goguryeo period. Earthenware, earrings, and belt ornaments excavated together in these tombs generally date back to the late 7th century. According to the literature, the Protectorate General to Andong Protectorate was established after the fall of Goguryeo, and the Tang dynasty’s control was dominant under the Jimi system. In particular, as evidenced by articles and epitaphs indicating their participation in the Jimi system, some residents of the regions once ruled by Goguryeo were in favor of the Jimi system. Therefore, considering the construction of tombs with multiple human bones that have been excavated, the timing of additional burials, and the historical context of this period, it would not be meaningful to attempt to identify the builders of these tombs across Shenyang and Fushun as necessarily being from Goguryeo or Balhae. Conversely, it is worth noting that it would be possible to restore a more specific and complex historical context if these tombs are approached and viewed as part of the transitional period in which subjugation and resistance among residents coexisted under the Jimi system of the Andong Protectorate after the fall of Goguryeo.