The Yeonsandong ancient tombs which represented Busan region in the three kingdom period, are the remains of huge tombs were built. A lot of armor and helmet those`re excavated from the tombs, show the arming pattern and social experience at the time of heads well. It`s divided The armor and helmet unearthed, into two groups. One group is domestically made those`re scale armor, vertical plates helmet and Armor that protects arm(neck) etc.. Another group is horizontal plates armor and helmet produced by Japan.
After the 5th century, the scale armor of domestically made armor and helmet that structure is vest type and connected to outside, emerged to the Yeongnam province. It`s shown characteristics those`re the scale armor that it`s consisted of `ㄷ`-shaped plates, the slender scale armor and the vertical coupling holes with wide intervals. Thet had been excavated from Yeonsandong M10 tomb that it has been dated at about 5th century, the third quarter. The scale armor that it`s excavated from Yeonsandong M3, M8 tomb in the fourth quarter of 5th century, have characteristics those`re rectangular scale armor, `Ω`-shaped scale armor and two vertical coupling rows. It`s considered a change to improve efficiency and solidity of scale armor production.
It has been excavated the most amount of the horizontal plates armor and helmet from the Yeonsandong ancient tombs in korea. This allows to know aspects of the exchanges with Japan in those days. There is also the views the tombs group like Silla`s local powers that they did`t have own separate right of trading. But it`s observed an exceptional cases those`re the amount of which have been unearthed these armor and helmet, the plates armor that it`s charged protecting neck. So it`s obvious what the tombs group had been in charge of strong point for exchanging with Japan. There was also a variety of exchanges with Gaya forces through the Nakdong river.
The construction forces of the Yeonsandong ancient tombs seem to be considered it wasn`t too high importance of the horizontal plates armor and helmet that it`s believed to be for infantry at stages of setting weapons for cavalry who`s heavily armed with scale armor, bard. And it would have buried with centralization of armingas one of the imports, in that a greater percentage of section buring that plates armor is always included.
It`s able to recognize the construction forces of the Yeonsandong ancient tombs were the forces with the head of the area, considering construction of huge tombs, pattern of arms that it`s excellent, relics buring from various regions etc. with it. |