고구려 갑주 연구의 다각화를 위한 시

Abstract

According to “The Chronicles of the Three States”, infantry and cavalry was used in Gogurye, so-called a “brave cavalry”, an “elite cavalry” or an “iron cavalry” was its core. Armours were mass produced, and infantry and cavalry was in armour in concert with cavalry tactics, large-scale military activities and expansion in the 4th century. The study about an armour of Gogurye was begun with analysis of an armour of a mural. After 1970s, a lot of armour was found in tombs, castles, architecture remains and bastions. After 1990s, studies based on excavated real armour materials were progressed, and the system, the composition and the overall flow of armour came to comprehend. The armour of Gogurye is distributed in Jian-Huanren area, Hun River area, north-western area of Korea, Seoul and Northern area of Gyeonggi. A lamellar was buried in a stone mound tomb in Jian. A various -shaped lamellar was used, and a gilt-bronze lamellar was also produced. Amours excavated in Dongtaizi site, castles and other area belongs to the 6th century, and the trapezoid-shaped lamellar was main. A gilt-bronze lamellar, the change of a lamellar by bending and bevel cut technique, lamellars found in No.26 site of Wunu Castle, a strange shaped lamellar and a helmet of Longori castle was analyzed to diversify research about the armour of Gogurye. At present, the armour excavated in castle is not analyzed yet. As composing and studying armours of stone mound tombs, architecture remains, bastions as well as castles, we can understand the whole aspect of armours of Gogurye from the 4th to the 7th century exactly.