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The Academic Value and Possibility of the Postmortem Investigation of Joseon Kingdom from the Perspective of Biological Anthropology

  • Anatomy & Biological Anthropology
  • Abbr : Anat Biol Anthropol
  • 2024, 37(4), pp.215~228
  • DOI : 10.11637/aba.2024.37.4.215
  • Publisher : 대한체질인류학회
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Anatomy
  • Received : October 15, 2024
  • Accepted : December 4, 2024
  • Published : December 31, 2024

Shin, Dong Hoon 1 Sungwook Hong 2 김창영 3 기호철 4 SEUNGJIC HONG 5 이승덕 1 Jong Ha Hong 6 김지은 4

1서울대학교 의학연구원 법의학연구소
2순천향대학교 교 인문학연구소
3고려대학교
4독립연구자
5순천향대학교 중국학과
6경희대학교 한국 고대사·고고학연구소

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ABSTRACT

The post-mortem examination of the Joseon Dynasty inherited the tradition of forensic techniques that had developed in East Asia. The Shijang, an examination record included in the report, received the forensic scientists’ attention early on because the evidences were described in very objective and rational ways. For the successful analysis of the examination records, however, humanities scholars and forensic scientists must collaborate, and only through it, the deaths of Joseon Koreans, which are difficult to encounter in other historical resources, can be revealed in detail. In the Joseon forensic records, as the incidents are very objectively described, the diseases or trauma people suffered at the time and the related cause of deaths could be successfully revealed. In this review, we introduce the contents of the Joseon Dynasty post-mortem examination records, and propose how the research would be conducted on them in order to make anthropological research on ancient human bones more fruitful in the future.

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