5~6세기 남해안 지역 왜계고분(倭系古墳)의 특성과 의미 = The characteristic and meaning of the Wa(倭) style tombs constructed at the South Coast region in the 5~6th century

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In this article, the historical background of emergence and development process of the Wa style burials constructed in the 5~6th century at the South Coast region was investigated. Looking through burial type and grave goods, the most similar tombs to Wa style had been built at the hub of coastal routes. Such tombs belong to Wa people directly engaged in the trade of Baekje and Wa(倭). Next, the tombs of the local chief directly related to the buried of these tombs gradually go bigger. And these trends influenced the construction of the big mounds amid existing local forces. With political change in the Korean peninsula and the Japanese archipelago, Sogaya(小加耶) and Yongsangang River basin(榮山江流域) polities actively negotiated primarily with Northern Kyushu(九州) polities in the route of the exchange of BaekjeWa. And in this process, Kyushu style stone chamber and key-hole shaped mounds appeared in the South Coast region. The most important transport routes in negotiations of the ancient Korean peninsula and the Japanese archipelago was the coastal route. It is likely that the Wa style tombs built in the hill of beach was used as the symbolic device of presenting the safe securing of these sea routes and the cooperation of the local polities. At the time, Baekje and Wa strengthened the direct exchange. Daegaya(大加耶) also continued the exchange with Wa. So in order to ensure the benefits of exchange with Wa, the strength of the cross-linking with a particular group within the archipelago would need to be expressed symbolically. Because there was such a need, the big mounds such as the key-hole shaped mounds that reflect Wa style burials was built.