A Constitutional-Anthropological Study of the Inhabitants of the District around Lake Tazawa, Akita Prefecture, Japan

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The writer made a biometric investigation from the constitutional-anthropological -point of view, measuring bodies, limbs, heads and faces, for 537 adult inhabitants of the district around Lake Tazawa, Akita Prefecture, in January, 1958. The followings -are the brief summary of the findings obtained through the detailed examination of measures and indices, covering 25 items, and the comparative analysis with those of the inhabitants of other districts.<BR>1. The average height of the inhabitants here is 161.187L-0.25cm, which belongs to - the "short" height group of the Martin's classification and it ranks about in the medium in comparison with other districts.<BR>2. The cephalic index is 82.92 0.61, which is close to the brachycephalic type of the Martin's classification.<BR>3. The zygomatic arch width-mandibular angle width index is 80.74 0.17, which shows rather "wide" face type.<BR>The synthetical comparison shows that they had the closer affinity to the inhabitants of Aira and Takachiho than those of Ou district, though the locality is in Ou district. Those results suggest that they had communication with the Continent from the ancient time.
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