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Forensic Anthropological Study on Saw Marks Appearing on the Tibiae of a Joseon Skeleton

KIM YISUK 1 Chang Seok Oh 2 김명주 3 Ki Ho Chul 4 Hong, ji-yoon 5 KIM Shiduck 6 Dong Hoon Shin 2

1이화여자대학교
2서울대학교
3단국대학교
4한국고전번역원
5중앙문화재연구원
6서울대 규장각 한국학연구원

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ABSTRACT

Tomb with lime-soil mixture barrier (LSMB) was constructed by the people from upper class peopleof Joseon Dynasty. The coffin of LSMB was surrounded by hard concrete barriers, being successfully protectedfrom outside invasions until the archaeological excavation begins. The human remains were extremely preservedwell, providing important information on the health and illness of the people of Joseon dynasty. Recent investigation into human skeletons from LSMB in Yong-in city was another forensic anthropologicalcase that was very meaningful to our research. During the examination on the elderly Joseon female bones, wediscovered unusual saw-marks on the shaft of both tibiae. We could not find any osteological evidences suggestiveof healed bone process. Considering archaeological and anthropological findings altogether, the occurrencetime of saw-marks was considered to be perimortem period. However, as for why such a saw mark was made onthe tibiae, we did not get any information about it. We expect that this report facilitate other researcher to doexplore the usefulness of forensic anthropology examination on the similar human skeleton cases identified invarious archaeological ruins.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.