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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">nsc</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Archaeology, Ethnology &amp; Anthropology of Eurasia</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Археология, этнография и антропология Евразии</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">1563-0110</issn><publisher><publisher-name>IAET SB RAS</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17746/1563-0110.2024.52.1.134-144</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">nsc-1845</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ЭПОХА ПАЛЕОМЕТАЛЛА</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Archaeological and Anthropological Study on the Grave of Eunuch-Official Couple Serving for a Royal Court of Joseon Kingdom</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title></trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Oh</surname><given-names>C. S.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>553, Sanseong-daero, Sujeong-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do 13135</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Song</surname><given-names>M. K.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>621, Hwarangro, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01797</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Han</surname><given-names>S. H.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>621, Hwarangro, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01797</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Kim</surname><given-names>H. S.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>621, Hwarangro, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01797</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Park</surname><given-names>J. W.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>621, Hwarangro, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01797</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Ki</surname><given-names>H. C.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>27-1, Namgu 4-gil, Gochang-eup, Gochang-gun, Jeollabuk-do 56439</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-3"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Oh</surname><given-names>K. T.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>17, Eungam-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03714</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-4"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Kim</surname><given-names>Y.-S.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>222, Banpo-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul 06591</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-5"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Kim</surname><given-names>M. J.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>119, Dandae-ro, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam 31116</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-6"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Shin</surname><given-names>D. H.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>103, Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-7"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-1"><institution>Department of Mortuary Science, College of Bio-Convergence, Eulji University</institution><country>Korea, Republic of</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-2"><institution>Department of Clothing Science, The Graduate School of Seoul Women’s University</institution><country>Korea, Republic of</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-3"><institution>Ghil Institute of Cultural Heritage</institution><country>Korea, Republic of</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-4"><institution>Sudo Institute of Cultural Heritage</institution><country>Korea, Republic of</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-5"><institution>Catholic Institute for Applied Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, The Catholic University of Korea</institution><country>Korea, Republic of</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-6"><institution>Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Dankook University</institution><country>Korea, Republic of</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-7"><institution>Institute of Forensic and Anthropological Science, Seoul National University College of Medicine</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2024</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>04</day><month>04</month><year>2024</year></pub-date><volume>52</volume><issue>1</issue><fpage>134</fpage><lpage>144</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Oh C.S., Song M.K., Han S.H., Kim H.S., Park J.W., Ki H.C., Oh K.T., Kim Y., Kim M.J., Shin D.H., 2024</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2024</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Oh C.S., Song M.K., Han S.H., Kim H.S., Park J.W., Ki H.C., Oh K.T., Kim Y., Kim M.J., Shin D.H.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Oh C.S., Song M.K., Han S.H., Kim H.S., Park J.W., Ki H.C., Oh K.T., Kim Y., Kim M.J., Shin D.H.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journal.archaeology.nsc.ru/jour/article/view/1845">https://journal.archaeology.nsc.ru/jour/article/view/1845</self-uri><abstract><p>This article presents the findings of the study of a co-burial of a eunuch-official and his wife, found in the city of Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi-do Province, made in accordance with Confucian traditions during the Joseon Dynasty period. A description of finds, perfectly preserved in the grave sealed with lime-soil mixture and charcoal barrier, is given. The writings on the banners draping the coffins are studied. These say that in the left coffin the husband named Lee was buried; he was an official who oversaw the management of palace goods and held the position that was given only to eunuchs. In the right coffin, according to the writing, there was the body of the wife; she was awarded a lady’s rank corresponding to her husband’s status. Special focus is given to the description of clothes and fabric on the bodies of the buried. The results of anthropological analysis of the remains are given. Morphological features of the pelvic and skull bones provided the information on the sex of the deceased. According to the condition of the auricular surface of the left pelvic bone, the age of the eunuch-official and his wife was determined as more than 60 years. It is concluded that the research materials significantly supplement the scientific information on the position of eunuch-officials in the society during the Joseon Dynasty period.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Korea</kwd><kwd>eunuch</kwd><kwd>Joseon period</kwd><kwd>clothing</kwd><kwd>grave</kwd><kwd>anthropology</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="en">This research was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT; No. 2022R1C1C1013540). The study was carried out after obtaining a review exemption from the Institutional Review Board of Seoul National University Hospital (IRB No. 2017–001) and Eulji University (IRB No. EU22-40). Author contributions are as follows. Conceptualization and design of study: C.S. Oh, M.K. Song, D.H. Shin; anthropological data analysis: Y.-S. Kim, M.J. Kim; historical dress works:  M.K. Song, S.H. Han, H.S. Kim, J.W. Park; historical analysis:  H.C. Ki, M.K. 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