원삼국~백제 한성기 중부 동ㆍ북부지역 적석분구묘의 재인식

Abstract

This study aims to clearly understand the grave ceremonies of the Stone Mound Tomb in the central eastern and northern regions distributed along the Imjin and Han Rivers. The goal is to determine their structural forms, trace their lineage, and review the construction period to examine and thus re-establish the characteristics of the Stone Mound Tomb in the central eastern and northern regions.
 For this purpose, it was inappropriate to utilize the tomb classification system based on the traditional Goguryeo Stone Mound Tomb’s concepts of a grave and burial, which are related to the existence of a stairway. This is because these concepts do not properly capture the structural characteristics of the Stone Mound Tomb in the central eastern and northern regions. Hence, the Stone Mound Tomb was categorized into an “oval shape” and “quadrangle construction” as it was in contrast with the “rectangular type of construction” observed in Seokchon-dong, Seoul.
 The lineage of the tombs is not related to Goguryeo or Baekje, nor does it belong to a specific tribe called Yegye. The oval twisted-coffin type tomb representing the original tomb and burial ceremony were generated locally. Further, the rectangular burial Stone Mound Tomb type was examined as a complex type of tomb that illustrates all the elements of the square type Stone Mound Tomb in the central Baekje region and the oval tomb type in the central eastern and northern regions.
 Moreover, the elliptical frame type seems to have appeared in the first half of the third century and disappeared around the late fourth century. On the other hand, the rectangular type of tomb was constructed temporarily from the middle of the fourth century to the beginning of the fifth century, following the oval-shaped concentric-walled tomb.
 It is expected that these characteristics and dates of the Stone Mound Tomb in the central eastern and northern regions will provide new perspectives on the nature of the ancient political body in the central region and the growth process of Baekje in the future.