原田淑人 調査의 普門里古墳 檢討

Abstract

In Bomun-dong, Gyeongju-si, there is a wooden chamber tomb with stone mounds (Dolmuji deonneol tomb) called ‘Bomun-ri Ancient Tomb,’ which was investigated by Japanese Yoshito Harada in 1918. Although the contents of the investigation were briefly introduced in 1922, a comprehensive review of the tomb and the meaning of its construction were not properly evaluated.
 Many photographs and drawings from the time of the investigation remain as data on the Bomun-ri Ancient Tomb. Based on this data, this paper comprehensively reviewed the structure, construction aspects, and excavated artifacts of the Bomun-ri Ancient Tomb. As a result, the Bomun-ri Ancient Tomb is a medium-sized wooden chamber tomb with stone mounds with a diameter of about 25m, and various accessories, harnesses, bronze vessels, and other prestige items were confirmed, making it possible to estimate the high status of the protagonist. However, the number of buried relics is less than that of the wooden chamber tomb with stone mounds of the same period, the structure is simple, and the fact that it is located on a hill is a unique characteristic feature of the Bomun-ri Ancient Tomb.
 Judging by the excavated artifacts, the Bomun-ri Ancient Tomb was built in the first half of the 6th century. This is an example of a phenomenon in which wooden chamber tombs with stone mounds were moved to surrounding mountains from the stage just before the adoption of stone chamber tombs (Dolbang tomb) in the royal capital of Silla. This appearance shows that the wooden chamber tombs with stone mounds were already moved to mountainous areas in the first half of the 6th century due to the lack of cemeteries on flat land, the emergence of new stone chamber tombs, changes in funeral rites, etc. There is a possibility that wooden chamber tombs with stone mounds like the Bomun-ri Ancient Tomb existed in the Seoak-dong area, a new royal graveyard of Silla, in the first half of the 6th century.