한반도 출토 덩이쇠[板狀鐵斧ㆍ鐵鋌]의 성격과 의미

• 영문명: A study about the significance and function of iron ingots in Korean ancient societies
• 발행기관: 백산학회
• 저자명: 박선미(Park, Sun-mi)
• 간행물 정보: 『백산학보』第89號, 5~49쪽, 전체 45쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 역사학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2011.05.30

영문 초록

Iron ingots were unearthed from ancient tombs from the First century B.C to A.D. sixth century in Korean peninsula. Excavation reports have classified them into three types with terms that are problematic, however because they are confusing : 1) the ingot ‘flat iron axe’ which is often mistaken with the identically named ‘flat iron axe’ tool, 2) the ingot ‘rod shaped(棒狀)’ which is confusing on sorted into axe or ingot and 3) ‘iron ingots’ which is confusing as a term for just a type of ingot because it is also the general term for all iron ingots. In this paper, I will refer instead to the three types as the ‘flat axe type(板狀鐵斧形)’, ‘rod type(棒狀形)’ and ‘iron ingot type(鐵鋌形)’. Even though a number of studies have been conducted by Korean academic societies, most have been limited by focusing only on the typology and manufacturing of each type separately. But as is well documented, the three types evolved over time from each other, beginning with the ‘flat axe type’, followed by the ‘rod type’, and finally, the ‘ingot type’. I will argue they therefore share significant characteristics and should be studied together, not just individually, as they have been thus far. Interestingly, the fact that all three iron ingot types have no traces of their former use and were excavated in bundles suggests they were not used as tools. Moreover, analysis of the alloy composition of identical ingots found on both the Korean peninsula and Japanese archipelago indicates they were made not for tools but for trade. And some of ingots that were unearthed in Japan were imported from Korea. The exchange with centering on ingots between the Korean and Japanese ancient societies is comparable to the trade between British and France using bronze axes with sockets as a ‘pre-monetary’ unit from the late Bronze Age to the early iron Age(around 800-600B.C.) Research revealed the extraordinarily high lead composition of these axes, which would have made them unfit for use as tools and most archaeologists and anthropologists therefore assume they were used instead as ‘pre-monetary’ units for trade. The bronze axes with sockets in European trade were important precursors that should be compared with the similarly used iron ingots of Korean and Japanese trade.

목차

Ⅰ. 머리말

Ⅱ. 덩이쇠의 개념 및 분류에 대한 試案

Ⅲ. 지역적 분포 양상과 특징

Ⅳ. 덩이쇠의 성격과 기능

Ⅴ. 맺음말

[Abstract]

키워드

덩이쇠 판상철부형 봉상형 철정형 초기화폐 교역시스템 trade Iron ingots flat axe type rod type iron ingot type pre-monetary