The Joseon royal family considered the act of burying the placenta very important for various reasons. Accordingly, they developed their own ritual culture of burying the placenta based on the geomancy(Pungsu). In 1661, The King Sukjong's placenta chamber was built in Gong-ju, and later stone objects were added in 1683. Since its establishment, the King Sukjong’s placenta chamer have been continuously managed by the Joseon royal family, but During the Japanese colonial period, the placenta chamber was partially destroyed, and now only some stone objects remain in the original site. This study aims to estimate the original style and structure of King Sukjong's placenta chamber by focusing on the stone objects which were discovered through recent field surveys. In addition to that, the stylistic review of Joseon Dynasty's royal placenta chamber was conducted to secure a literary data basis and acquired data were comprehensively analyzed. As a result, Some of the original style and structure of King Sukjong's placenta chamber could be confirmed. The results of this study are expected to help restore the authenticity of the royal placenta chamber damaged in japanese colonial period, and are expected to be a good example in the research methodology of historical evidence of other damaged royal placenta chambers.

Abstract
1. 서 론
    1-1. 연구의 배경 및 목적
    1-2. 연구의 방법 및 범위
2. 가봉태실의 양식사 검토
    2-1. 태실석물의 구성과 명칭
    2-2. 석물의 형태적 변화
3. 숙종태실 관련 문헌자료 검토
    3-1. 숙종태실과 다른 태실의 참조관계
    3-2. 숙종태실의 전례 : 명종태실과 현종태실
    3-3. 숙종태실 후속 : 경종태실과 영조태실
    3-4. 횡죽석 개수 추정
4. 숙종태실 잔존석물 현황
    4-1. 원태봉지 잔존석물
    4-2. 원태봉지 이탈석물
5. 결론 : 숙종태실의 양식과 구조
    5-1. 숙종태실의 양식
    5-2. 숙종태실의 구조 및 양식 추정도
    5-3. 연구의 한계 및 시사점
참고문헌

• 김병완(한국전통문화대학교 문화재수리기술학과 박사과정) | Kim Byung-Wan
• 김회정(충남역사문화연구원 문화재관리부 책임연구원, 공학박사) | Kim Hoe-Jung Corresponding Author