Research on the tomb structures of Sejong City during the Proto-Three Kingdoms and Baekje dynasty eras has achieved notable progress based on the previous various research studies that have been conducted, and the political and social functions of the... Research on the tomb structures of Sejong City during the Proto-Three Kingdoms and Baekje dynasty eras has achieved notable progress based on the previous various research studies that have been conducted, and the political and social functions of these tomb structures have been an area of focus when conducting analysis. Interpreting the relationship between the regional society of Baekje and the central government of Baekje is an indispensable factor for understanding the regional society of Baekje, this type of research trend if the trend not only for research related to the region of Sejong City but also related to research that is generally conducted on the regional society of Baekje. However, tombs are considered to be a construction with religious meaning that has basis in the worship of ancestors before they are considered to be structures with political and monument related meaning. The burial and tomb structure construction protocols that celebrate and mourn the dead have either been overlooked or even neglected in previous research studies. Therefore in this research study, through examining the process of transition for the tomb structures of Sejong City during the Proto-Three Kingdoms and Baekje dynasty eras, this research study focused on comprehending the various burial related concepts that manifest during the construction of burial tombs. In Section II, the periodic relics of the Proto-Three Kingdoms and Baekje dynasty eras located in the Sejong City region were observed overall, and based on the geographical boundaries of the mountains and streams, the Geumgang River was divided into the ‘east riverside region’, ‘west riverside region’, and ‘north riverside region’. This research study focused on the east riverside region, where systematic tomb structures and a relatively uniform number of sample remains were confirmed. In Section III, the land plot, burial direction, main burial chamber, the location of the burial goods and the relationship with the burial goods etc. were focused on for the Bong-giri remains, Suksamri Daebakgol remains and the Jangjeri and Suksamri remains that can mainly be found in the east riverside region of the Geumgang River. In Section IV, the transformation of the tomb structures of the east riverside region of the Geumgang River based on the analysis from Section III was examined. For the wooden coffin type tombs, which were confirmed to be the most common, as the tomb structures transformed, common characteristics and differences could be confirmed according to external characteristics including whether a Ju or Gu was installed and internal characteristics including the location of the burial goods. Especially according to the number of burial goods such as the wooden coffin type and the location of the burial goods, a structural change for the main burial chamber could be assumed, and a burial philosophy that gradually attempted to distinguish the burial good from the person being buried could be detected. This transformation of the tomb structures can be confirmed not only in the east riverside region of the Geumgang River but also can be commonly confirmed in the neighboring west riverside region and north riverside region. Also while the transformation of the tomb structures can be confirmed to be similar, the details of the tomb structures are confirmed to be different (the main burial chamber, the direction of the head of the person being buried, the location of the burial remains and the relationship with the burial goods) and to have vary relationships with one other. While they existed together in neighboring regions, it is assumed that they existed without maintaining any uniformity while manifesting uniqueness through burial and tomb structure etc. related details. The burial philosophy that can be commonly confirmed for the Sejong City region is determined to be the jar-coffin located in the Jugu-Togwangmyo, knifes, spindle whorls and jars etc. The burial philosophies are determined and categorized by the culture (jars) that are exclusively found in the Sejong City region and the culture (Jugu-Togwangmyo and spindle whorls) that are not only found in the Sejong City region but also in the neighboring surrounding regions. When a broad and wide-scoped research is conducted on the detailed culture related to the burial and tomb structures when interpreting tomb and burial culture, it is assumed that there will be a partial overlap of or distinctive cultural factors that will be confirmed. By gathering these characteristics together it is assumed that they can be useful for understanding the pluralist characteristics of the Mahan nation and the regional society of Baekje that is based on Mahan. It will also be possible to categorize regions that have common tomb structures and burial ceremonies into one cultural region or society in terms of burial and tomb structures.
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