Heian-period human skeletal remains from the Shomyoji shell midden in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture

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...

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...

An Anthropological Positioning of Human Skeletal Remains from Tomari Cave in Himi City,Toyama Prefecture from a Viewpoint of Tooth Size

Anthropological Analysis of Human Skeletal Remains from the Hallstatt Period “vinkovci-nama” Site

Osteological data from a small (n=11) Hallstatt-period skeletal series provide insight into health, disease, and stress levels in Iron age continental Croatia. The sample was recovered from the “Vinkovci-NaMa” site during excavations in 1976 and 1977. The recovered remains were stored in the Vinkovci town museum in paper bags without grave numbers or other types of identification. Therefore, be...

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...