<研究報告>茨城県南坪貝塚遺跡出土の縄文時代人骨(英文)

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Three adult male skeletons of Late Jomon period were excavated from Minamitsubo shell-mound site in Eastern Japan. Basic descriptions, measurements, and comparison to the recent Japanese skeletons were made on them. As a result, it was revealed that they have typical Jomon characters, i.e., low and wide face, projected supraorbital region, depressed nasal root, low and wide mandibular ramus with strong masticatory muscle attachments, edge-to-edge bite, evulsion of some anterior teeth, moderate stature with relatively longer distal segments, flattened bone shaft, marked muscle reliefs on the limb bones, wide squatting facets of talus, etc. These characters suggest that Jomon people were hunter-gatherers with powerful muscles, lived on the floor in squatting position, and ate tough foods by strong masticatory apparatus.
国立科学博物館の論文
1989-12-22