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Eung Tae's tomb: a Joseon ancestor and the letters of those that loved him

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Eun-Joo Lee ,
Dong Hoon Shin ,
Hoo Yul Yang ,
Mark Spigelman  and
Se Gweon Yim
Eun-Joo Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Clothing and Textiles, Andong National University, 388 Songcheon-Dong, Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-Do 760-749, Korea
Dong Hoon Shin
Affiliation:
Department of Anatomy, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Yongon Dong 28, Seoul 110-799, Korea
Hoo Yul Yang
Affiliation:
Documents and Image Department, National Institute of Scientific Investigation, 331-1, Shinwol 7-dong, Yangcheon-gu, Seoul 158-707, Korea
Mark Spigelman
Affiliation:
Kuvin Centre for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, 11 Hagdud Haivri, Talbieh, Jerusalem, 92344, Israel
Se Gweon Yim*
Affiliation:
Department of History, Andong National University, 388 Songcheon-Dong, Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-Do 760-749, Korea (email: yimsk@dremwiz.com)
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Abstract

In medieval Korea certain burials were sealed in concrete resulting in the exceptional preservation of organic materials, including, in this case, written documents. As well as studying changes in rank and ideology, archaeologists who investigate tombs are often moved to wonder about the character of the deceased, the thoughts of the mourners and their hopes and fears on the passing of a person dear to them. In this extraordinary burial from Korea, we hear these voices directly.

Keywords

KoreaAndong citymedieval periodJoseon DynastyConfucianismBuddhismburial practiceLSMB tombswritten documentlettersclothingmummypalaeography
Type
Research
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Antiquity , Volume 83 , Issue 319 , March 2009 , pp. 145 - 156
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 2009

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