Joseon Dynasty Mummies of Korea

Joseon dynasty people’s life has been delineated by studies based on the extant historical literature in Korea. Notwithstanding this, over the recent several decades too, archaeologists have investigated the sixteenth- to eighteenth-century Joseon period

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Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . How Could the Korean Mummies Be Formed? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emergence of the Joseon Graves in History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preservation Status and Histology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ancient DNA Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Successful Mummy Researches of Historians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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D. H. Shin (*) Institute of Forensic and Anthropological Science, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea C. S. Oh Department of Mortuary Science, College of Health Industry, Eulji University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea e-mail: [email protected] J. H. Hong Institute of Korean Archaeology and Ancient History, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea e-mail: [email protected] M. H. Shin Department of History, Pukyong National University, Busan, Republic of Korea e-mail: [email protected] M. J. Kim Department of Anatomy, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea e-mail: [email protected] H. J. Lee Institute of Forensic and Anthropological Science, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea Ministry of National Defense Agency KIA Recovery & Identification, Seoul, Republic of Korea e-mail: [email protected] © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020 D. H. Shin, R. Bianucci (eds.), The Handbook of Mummy Studies, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1614-6_29-1

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Abstract

Joseon dynasty people’s life has been delineated by studies based on the extant historical literature in Korea. Notwithstanding this, over the recent several decades too, archaeologists have investigated the sixteenth- to eighteenth-century Joseon period mummies to glean corroborative or corrective data on that specific time period. In the studies, Joseon mummy’s almost-perfect preservation state has surprised ant