원삼국-백제 한성기 작물 재배 기술 연구 —두류의 크기 분석을 토대로 = Research on Crop Cultivation Techniques in Baekje’s State Formation Period

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study is to analyze the seed size of soy beans and adzuki beans excavated from the archaeological sites of the Proto-Three Kingdoms period and the Hanseong Baekje period to identify two crop cultivation techniques that may have been adopted due to the need to increase productivity during the formation of the Baekje state: crop seed improvement or the introduction of new varieties and the barley–legume rotation system. If crop seeds had been improved or new varieties introduced, the seed size of pulses was expected to increase rapidly. If a crop rotation system had been implemented, the seed size of pulses was expected to decrease, especially in sites where wheat and pulses were found together.
The analysis shows that relatively large pulse seeds were found in sites where wheat was not found, and relatively small pulse seeds were found in sites where wheat was found. Therefore, it was inferred that the rotation system had been implemented, and it was estimated that smaller soybeans and adzuki beans had been produced because the growth period of pulses was insufficient when its cultivated followed barley.