忠南 唐津 人骨 出土 泗沘期 百濟古墳의 再認識

Abstract

Among the Baekje-era tombs investigated so far in Dangjin-si, Chungcheongnam-do Province, human bones were excavated from 14 structural remains in the Chaeun-dong and Udu-dong areas. The minimum number of distinct individuals’ human bones exposed in a single tomb ranges from one to five, with an average of two individuals interred per tomb. These buried individuals can be classified into three types: Type A, where anatomical continuity is maintained; Type B, where the human bones were collected or rearranged in some form; and Type C, a combination of the two. Upon reviewing the tombs from which human bones were excavated, i t was observed that when multiple human bones were added during additional burials, there were cases where the remains of individuals who had been interred earlier were rearranged in one corner of the structural remains, and there were also cases where they were buried at the same time as human bones maintaining anatomical continuity. In addition, it was found that after the d eath o f t he person who was subject to an additional burial, the body was intentionally rearranged following the removal of the flesh to ensure anatomical continuity. In addition, it was found that the defleshed bones of those buried were gathered in wooden boxes and other facilities on the northern wall of the structural remains, after which additional burials took place. Although these characteristics were occasionally misconstrued as a burial system unique to the Dangjin region due to multiple human bones being excavated in well-preserved conditions, they show similarities to the pattern of multiple human bones being excavated in other Baekje regions such as Yesan Mokri, Boryeong Guryong-ri, and Buyeo Nabok-ri. Therefore, the cases of human bones excavations from tombs in the Dangjin area can serve as a guide for inferring the burial processes of regional tombs in Baekje.