부여 서북부 지역 석재 환경 조사

Abstract

Since 2000, there has been a growing awareness on the need to examine stone materials used in stoneware to understand prehistoric society. Around that time, identification of stone materials and an analysis on stone materials’ place of origin began to be included in excavation reports. However, preliminary research conducted by geologists did not develop into research by archaeologists. Increasingly, the identification results of stone materials were not mentioned in excavation report. This is probably due to several reasons including a possibility of inaccurate identification of stone materials due to reliance on non-destructive inspection and naked-eye observation, and difference in identification results by researchers. The most important task is to secure credibility of identification for stone materials. As one of the possible solutions to this task, we surveyed an environment for stone materials. We chose the northwestern part of Buyeo as a survey site, considering its archaeological and geographical conditions including that many remains from the Bronze Age have been found and that there are several streams running from mountainous region to lowlands. The survey has been done in the following stages: 1. selection of survey site → 2. examination of current state of stone materials used in stoneware excavated in the site → 3. inspection of geological environment based on geological map and selection of spots to collect stone materials → 4. collection of stone materials → 5. identification of collected stone materials → comparison with stone materials used in stoneware. Stone materials were collected from a total of 10 spots to be identified and compared with stone materials used in stoneware excavated in the surrounding areas. The survey of stone materials’ environment is a preliminary work for identification of stoneware excavated in historical sites by comparing them to stone materials found in the vicinity. As such, it can be an effective way of identifying stone materials, which is one of the largest barriers in research on stone materials.