The purpose of this dissertation is to analyze production tendency of the stoneware at the settlements in the Bronze Age through comprehending whetstone, which is essential tool for production of stoneware, and excavation tendency within the settlemen...
The purpose of this dissertation is to analyze production tendency of the stoneware at the settlements in the Bronze Age through comprehending whetstone, which is essential tool for production of stoneware, and excavation tendency within the settlements.
The most important attribute of whetstone is functional property. It could be figured out on the working surface of whetstone which makes contact with processed implement. In other words, when the particular work was conducted, a vestige of the process would remain, and it can be a distinct evidence by which people could recognize what work was implemented. Also, for this reason, the size and shape of the whetstone related to the aspect of working surface are able to be significant characteristics for classifying whetstones by form. In this dissertation, I categorize the whetstones to 6 types by the size and shape. In terms of the size, there are two types of large size and small size, and regarding the shape, I assort them into three forms, such as pillar-shaped, plate-shaped, and indeterminate forms. In accordance with above-mentioned types, they are distinguished about portability and intentionality of polishing. Furthermore, one of the most important features except those properties is rock type. Since the data of rock type analyses which was performed to specific relics, however, are somewhat insufficient, it remains as further research task.
Through examining the tendency of whetstones excavation within the real colony, the aspects of stoneware production in the settlement could be understanded. First, selecting target sites which has differences in time, area, and position, and applying existing research which sorts dwellings into the dwellings in which people produced stoneware or not, we can find more whetstones relatively in the production dwellings than those of no production. Also, through the distinction of the whetstone composition which is figured out in the production dwellings, we can perceive possibility of a division of labor, but it is difficult to grasp the obvious aspect of a division of labor because they are so small in number.
In sequence, as a result of comparison about the condition of whetstone excavation in the target sites, there is a broad distinction in terms of time and area. With regard to time, we can detect the difference with declining excavation proportion of small pillar-shaped whetstones which was used to detailed process of complicated stoneware and increasing that of large whetstones. It has the same way of the simplification of models for mass production of stoneware proceeded in the latter part of the Bronze Age. On the other hand, regarding area, there are significant differences of rock types rather than forms, the case that most of whetstones are made of sandstone is figured out in ruins in Gyeongsang province. To find out if this difference is from preference about the rock type or from the geologic difference, analysis of clear condition of rock type and producing area should be accompanied.