신라와 중앙아시아 황금문화 유사성 : 잉카 황금문화로의 그 유사성 확장에 대한 시론적 연구

Abstract

In this study I mainly focus on similarities of ancient gold culture among Shinla, Central Asia and Inca. I first raise a question as to how golden relics such as Gold-filigreed Sword and gold crowns which were widely attributed to the West including Rome and Central Asia could have been found in Shinla located in the end of the Far East. In answering this question, I advocate the hypothesis that those relics were as a result of migration of particular groups. This is based on the claim that the northern gold culture had been introduced to Shinla by Xiongnu over a few different periods of time in the history and further gorgeously reincarnated in Shinla by collaboration of the moved Xiongnu with elaborated skills and the Shinla people with creativity. I then extend discussion on the observation that the gold culture of Inca in South America also has interesting similarities with that of Shinla-Central Asia together with other relics. Considering that humans had moved from Asia to America over various periods of time since BC 10,000 or earlier, I make a preliminary claim that the similarities in question support the above hypothesis; that is, the Inca gold culture resulted from migration of particular groups. However, also noting some variances in gold cultures between the two continents, perhaps due to different climatic and geographical conditions, I leave them for future study.