In this study, the materials related to the roof tiles distributed around the Punggidong site, the nearby mountain fortress and the earthen walls of the kiln were identified. The manufacturing characteristics of the roof tiles and the archaeometric im...
In this study, the materials related to the roof tiles distributed around the Punggidong site, the nearby mountain fortress and the earthen walls of the kiln were identified. The manufacturing characteristics of the roof tiles and the archaeometric implications were interpreted. Considering the high temperature minerals such as mullite and hercynite are partially detected in the roof tiles under study, it is estimated that they have undergone firing at 900 to 1,000℃, and some specimens seem to have been manufactured at less than 900℃. It was found that the magnetic susceptibility and basic physical properties of roof tiles and kiln samples according to the excavated area had very similar characteristics within the error range. The behavioral patterns reviewed on the results of geochemical analysis of all samples showed that the evolution characteristics of major, minor and rare earth elements were almost similar. Therefore, most of the roof tiles distributed in the Punggidong site, Eupnaedong and Seonganmal Fortress used the raw materials constituting the sites as paleo-soils, and the produced roof tiles were interpreted as being used within the sites.