Research Article
A Study on some Kitchen Goods from Shipwrecks in Late Goryeo Period: Focusing on Taean Mado shipwrecks in the thirteenth century
서강대학교 동아연구소
Published: January 2013 · Vol. 65, No. 0 · pp. 383-432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33334/sieas.2013.32.2.383
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Abstract
Recently in the Taean Mado area of the West coast of Korean peninsula, three shipwrecks were excavated such as Mado No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, which had sunk in the thirteenth century. They are grain transport ship from Jeolla coast to Gaeseong, the capital of Goryeo. They have similar inner structures, especially in which a kitchen area was installed in the bottom center of the ship. In the kitchen area, there always found a fire place for cooking and a lot of vessels made of ceramic or bronze or wood or bamboo. Some vessels were used as diverse food storage containers for grains or soybean paste or salted seafood or fresh water. Some were used for cooking or for tablewares. They provide extraordinary material evidences for studying everyday life of ordinary people in late Goryeo period. This study examines the types and characteristics of diverse kitchen goods from Mado shipwrecks and their meaning in the context of the material culture study. In addition, it is very important that the forms and usages of several vessels from these shipwrecks are very similar to the records of Goryeo vessels illustrated by Xujing, the envoy of Song Dynasty in the 12th Century.
