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초록(영문)

The weapons of three kingdom times can be devided in two attack weapons and defense one. These are almost being excavated in tombs. First attack weapons was subdevided into the long distance weapons(bow arrow etc) and the short distance weapons(sword dagger socketed spearhead and spear etc). Among the long distance weapons arrow consists of shaft wing and head. But most of them are made of wood except head therefore only small part of shaft was excavated. Arrow was entombed within the tube or as only itself. Among the short distance weapons sickle and axe which can be included into a kind of instruments also might have been used by attack weapons in those days. Sword was used in cutting and has one blade. And dagger was used in stabbing and has two blade. Sword is devided into many types as the shape of pommel but plain ring pommel type was excavated very much in numbers. Socketed spearhead and spear is used in stabbing relatively long distance objects. Socketed spearhead has shaft-hole and spear has tang instead of shaft-hole. Spear is similar to short sword in type but the two differ as the method of inserting. In addition saw knife has a strong character as symbolic rite ware. Defense weapons can be devided into man-defence one(armour helmet iron plate) and horse-defense one(horse armour and frontal). Armour and helmet is mostly made of iron but before 4th century wood or leather might be used. But the clue of these estimation was not appeared to the present. The weapons of Kaya suddenly changed in late 3th century and late 4th century. First in the late 3th century many arrowheads had been hurried especially in large tombs and they came to be devided into really usiing ones and ceremonial ones. In addition very symbolic weapons such as the long socketed spearhead and the long sword with round pommel and saw knife appeared. These changes marks sudden influx of nothern culture. Secondly in the late 4th century much iron armour and helmet came to be burried in tombs. In a large tumulus about two or more pairs was discovered. By this time also plentiful weapons with another came to be hurried with the corpse. Maybe these means a kind of political unrest.

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