This research aims to investigate into plain roof-tiles excavated from 16 major relics in the Gangwon Province which were manufactured at the end of the Silla Dynasty and at the beginning of the Goryeo Dynasty: into their manufacturing techniques incl...
This research aims to investigate into plain roof-tiles excavated from 16 major relics in the Gangwon Province which were manufactured at the end of the Silla Dynasty and at the beginning of the Goryeo Dynasty: into their manufacturing techniques including the size of the beating plate, how to adjust their inner side at the lower end, and the tile cutting on the flank; and into the forms and shapes of the patterns, with a focus on the period when they were produced. As a result, it is found that the tiles were classiffied in five stages.
Which remains were previously classiffied is judged in consideration of the ratio of short beating plates for plain roof tiles and medium beating plates, accompanying relics (convex tiles and earthenware), documentary records, and other items. It is estimated that the remains in which clay items are identified were previously manufactured for a stage where mediume beating plates are the majority. It is also estimated that as for the remains in which long beating plates are identified, those in which the cutting adjustments are made more frequently were more previously produced. As for the remains produced later, their chronology and arrangement are decided in consideration of their forms and era names.
The period is divided into 1st stage (the second part of the 7th century~the middle of the 8th century ), 2nd stage (the middle of the 8th century~the end of the 8th century), 3rd stage (the end of the 8th century~the middle of the 9th century), 4th stage (the middle of the 9th century~the middle of the 10th century), and 5th stage (the middle of the 10th century~the 11th century). It is estimated that the 4th stage was when long beating plate tiles were standardized since only such tiles are identified in that stage and that the 5th stage was when Goryeo Dynasty tiles were fully established.
How the tile producing industry was operated in the Gangwon Province cannot be clearly understood due to lack of relevant historical materials. However, it is broadly assumed that the tile producing industry had been managed and operated by the state till the 1st half of the Goryeo Dynasty since most of the tiles produced before the Goryeo Dynasty have a comparatively standardized form manufactured as part of a national enterprise under the government-controlled handicraft manufacturing industry.