Comparative Analysis of Geomorphological and Folklore Approaches to Weathered Landforms - Focusing on Tafoni, Gnamma, Gamsil and Alter -

풍화지형에 대한 지형학적 분석과 고고민속학적 접근에 관한 비교 연구 - 타포니와 나마, 감실과 알터를 중심으로 -

Typical weathering landforms and phenomena including tafoni and gnamma are usually interpreted as man-made alteo (praying water bowl) or dragon-alteo by folklore researchers. Despite some terminological ambiguity, they are certainly natural weathering pits and are introduced in our discipline for fifty years, however, unfortunately most of them are interpreted as petroglyphs used and prepared for ritual ceremony. Several seemingly artificially-made rock holes are also found in many places, but most of them are weathered landforms by salt weathering. Author believes that communication effort to use common language and publish more researches in interdisciplinary journals are very essential to propagate scientific achievements made by geomorphologists to other discipline. Also geomorphologists specialized in weathering processes are encouraged to participate in preservation of stone artifacts and archaeological remains.