Bibliography(1985-1989)of Human Skeletal Remains Excavated in Japan

Monitoring DNA Contamination in Handled vs. Directly Excavated Ancient Human Skeletal Remains

Bones, teeth and hair are often the only physical evidence of human or animal presence at an archaeological site; they are also the most widely used sources of samples for ancient DNA (aDNA) analysis. Unfortunately, the DNA extracted from ancient samples, already scarce and highly degraded, is widely susceptible to exogenous contaminations that can affect the reliability of aDNA studies. We eva...

Bioarchaeology: Scientific Studies of Archaeological Human Skeletal Remains

Bioarchaeology is an interdisciplinary academic specialty, which through the scientific analysis and interpretation of archaeological human skeletal remains, bridges the link between the biological sciences, medicine, anthropology and social sciences. The cornerstone of bioarchaeology is the interaction between culture and human biology. Since the study of people and ancient societies is one of...

Preliminary Findings on Human Skeletal Remains from Harappan site of Farmana

The present paper deals with the primary observations conducted on human skeletal remains excavated at Harappan siteof Farmana. The site (29°02’22”N and 76°18’21”E) in the jurisdiction of Meham block of Rohtak district, Haryana, islocally known as Daksh Kheda. Three cultural phases have been identified; Early Harappan, Mature Harappan and LateHarappan, dating back to 2500 BC. In all 70 burial p...

Mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms in late Shell midden period skeletal remains excavated from two archaeological sites in Okinawa

To investigate the genetic structure of individuals from the Shell midden (Kaizuka) period in Okinawa Island, sequence polymorphisms in hypervariable region 1 (HVR1), HVR2, the coding region that defines macrohaplogroup M and N, and 24 single nucleotide polymorphisms in the coding region of mitochondrial DNA were analyzed in 29 tooth samples excavated from an Ufutobaru shell midden site and a G...

Identification of Skeletal Remains