@article{ART003286295},
author={Shin, Dong Hoon and Jong Ha Hong and Shin, Eun-Kyoung},
title={Bioanthropological Study of the Late 16th-Century Dietary Consumption Pattern in the West Coast Region as Recorded in the Joseon Dynasty Diary Soemirok},
journal={Anatomy & Biological Anthropology},
issn={2671-5651},
year={2025},
volume={38},
number={4},
pages={319-328},
doi={10.11637/aba.2025.38.4.319}
TY - JOUR
AU - Shin, Dong Hoon
AU - Jong Ha Hong
AU - Shin, Eun-Kyoung
TI - Bioanthropological Study of the Late 16th-Century Dietary Consumption Pattern in the West Coast Region as Recorded in the Joseon Dynasty Diary Soemirok
JO - Anatomy & Biological Anthropology
PY - 2025
VL - 38
IS - 4
PB - 대한체질인류학회
SP - 319
EP - 328
SN - 2671-5651
AB - Stable isotope analysis holds a central place in biological anthropology, as it allows researchers to reconstruct the dietary patterns of past populations based on scientific evidence. However, its interpretive precision remains limited; stable isotope values do not always distinguish food categories at a sufficiently detailed level. This limitation makes it difficult to fully understand historical diets. To address this issue, classifying the wide range of food items recorded in Joseon-period diaries according to stable isotope analytical criteria may greatly enhance the interpretation of isotope results obtained from human-derived organic materials such as excavated skeletal remains and mummified tissues. In this study, food items documented in Soemirok, a late 16th-century Joseon Dynasty diary, were examined and categorized using stable isotope analysis criteria. The results indicate that residents of Korea’s western coastal region consumed a far more diverse and abundant array of C3 plants-such as rice, soybeans, barley, buckwheat, and wheat-compared with C4 plants such as foxtail millet, broomcorn millet, Job’s tears, and sorghum. Regarding non-grain foods, marine and terrestrial resources were consumed far more extensively than freshwater species. Terrestrial foods frequently included pheasant, beef, chicken, roe deer, pork, and dog, whereas marine foods commonly featured yellow croaker, croaker species, gizzard shad, cod, hairtail, sea bream, mackerel, and sardine. These findings demonstrate that analyses of diary materials can provide critical contextual information for interpreting stable isotope data. If similar research is conducted using a broader range of Joseon-period diaries, the interpretive resolution of dietary reconstructions in biological anthropology will be significantly enhanced.
KW - Biological anthropology;Stable isotope analysis;Soemirok;Diary;Seven-year war between Korea and Japan
DO - 10.11637/aba.2025.38.4.319
ER -
Shin, Dong Hoon, Jong Ha Hong and Shin, Eun-Kyoung. (2025). Bioanthropological Study of the Late 16th-Century Dietary Consumption Pattern in the West Coast Region as Recorded in the Joseon Dynasty Diary Soemirok. Anatomy & Biological Anthropology, 38(4), 319-328.
Shin, Dong Hoon, Jong Ha Hong and Shin, Eun-Kyoung. 2025, "Bioanthropological Study of the Late 16th-Century Dietary Consumption Pattern in the West Coast Region as Recorded in the Joseon Dynasty Diary Soemirok", Anatomy & Biological Anthropology, vol.38, no.4 pp.319-328. Available from: doi:10.11637/aba.2025.38.4.319
Shin, Dong Hoon, Jong Ha Hong, Shin, Eun-Kyoung "Bioanthropological Study of the Late 16th-Century Dietary Consumption Pattern in the West Coast Region as Recorded in the Joseon Dynasty Diary Soemirok" Anatomy & Biological Anthropology 38.4 pp.319-328 (2025) : 319.
Shin, Dong Hoon, Jong Ha Hong, Shin, Eun-Kyoung. Bioanthropological Study of the Late 16th-Century Dietary Consumption Pattern in the West Coast Region as Recorded in the Joseon Dynasty Diary Soemirok. 2025; 38(4), 319-328. Available from: doi:10.11637/aba.2025.38.4.319
Shin, Dong Hoon, Jong Ha Hong and Shin, Eun-Kyoung. "Bioanthropological Study of the Late 16th-Century Dietary Consumption Pattern in the West Coast Region as Recorded in the Joseon Dynasty Diary Soemirok" Anatomy & Biological Anthropology 38, no.4 (2025) : 319-328.doi: 10.11637/aba.2025.38.4.319
Shin, Dong Hoon; Jong Ha Hong; Shin, Eun-Kyoung. Bioanthropological Study of the Late 16th-Century Dietary Consumption Pattern in the West Coast Region as Recorded in the Joseon Dynasty Diary Soemirok. Anatomy & Biological Anthropology, 38(4), 319-328. doi: 10.11637/aba.2025.38.4.319
Shin, Dong Hoon; Jong Ha Hong; Shin, Eun-Kyoung. Bioanthropological Study of the Late 16th-Century Dietary Consumption Pattern in the West Coast Region as Recorded in the Joseon Dynasty Diary Soemirok. Anatomy & Biological Anthropology. 2025; 38(4) 319-328. doi: 10.11637/aba.2025.38.4.319
Shin, Dong Hoon, Jong Ha Hong, Shin, Eun-Kyoung. Bioanthropological Study of the Late 16th-Century Dietary Consumption Pattern in the West Coast Region as Recorded in the Joseon Dynasty Diary Soemirok. 2025; 38(4), 319-328. Available from: doi:10.11637/aba.2025.38.4.319
Shin, Dong Hoon, Jong Ha Hong and Shin, Eun-Kyoung. "Bioanthropological Study of the Late 16th-Century Dietary Consumption Pattern in the West Coast Region as Recorded in the Joseon Dynasty Diary Soemirok" Anatomy & Biological Anthropology 38, no.4 (2025) : 319-328.doi: 10.11637/aba.2025.38.4.319
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