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2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Phylogenetical and Bioarchaeological Studies of the Epi-Jomon Inhabitants in Hokkaido, Japan, with Special Reference to the Human Skeletal Remains Unearthed at the Usu-Moshiri site.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14340271
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 人類学(含生理人類学)
Research InstitutionTohoku University

Principal Investigator

DODO Yukio  Tohoku University, Graduate School of Medicine, Professor, 大学院・医学系研究科, 教授 (50000146)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) ISHIDA Hajime  University of Ryukyus, School of Medicine, Professor, 医学部, 教授 (70145225)
MATSUMURA Hirofumi  Sapporo Medical University, School of Medicine, Lecturer, 医学部, 講師 (70209617)
ADACHI Noboru  Tohoku University, Graduate School of Medicine, Lecturer, 大学院・医学系研究科, 講師 (60282125)
SAKAUE Kazuhiro  Tohoku University, Graduate School of Medicine, Research Associate, 大学院・医学系研究科, 助手 (70333789)
TAKIGAWA Wataru  Tohoku University, Graduate School of Medicine, Research Associate, 大学院・医学系研究科, 助手 (90323005)
Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2004
KeywordsUsu-Moshiri site / Epi-Jomon / Hokkaido / Morphology / DNA analysis / Prehistoric human diet / Phylogeny / Bioarchaeology
Research Abstract

1 Judging from the findings of cranial and dental morphological analyses, the Epi-Jomon inhabitants in Hokkaido were confirmed to have been phylogenetically transitional from the Jomon in eastern Japan to recent Hokkaido Ainu.
2 The limb bone morphology of the Epi-Jomon was basically identical to that of the Jomon in eastern Japan and the antero-posterior flatness of the upper part of the femur, characteristic of the Ainu, had already appeared in the Jomon and Epi-Jomon in Hokkaido.
3 The configuration of subtalar articular facets of the calcaneus indicated that the Jomon and Epi-Jomon inhabitants in Hokkaido had a lifeway adapted more to hunting and gathering than the Jomon in western Japam.
4 Extremely high incidence of N9b haplogroup in mtDNA was observed in the Jomon and Epi-Jomon in Hokkaido and this distribution pattern of haplogroup was quite different from that of modern Japanese in Honshu.
5 Based on the findings of tooth size proportion and mtDNA, two juvenile skeletons (3A and 3B) from a double burial at the Usu-Moshiri site were considered to be sibling, however, the kinship of two adult couples (16A and 16B ; 7M and 7F) from other two double burials were not acknowledged
6 The AMS dating using the human skeletal remains from the Usu-Moshiri site confirmed that these individuals lived in the periods from the end of Final Jomon to the beginning of Epi-Jomon.
7 The analyses of stable isotope (C and N) demonstrated that the inhabitants of the Usu-Moshiri site took major protein resources from sea mammals such as fur seal and sea lion.

  • Research Products

    (14 results)

All 2005 2004 2003 2002

All Journal Article (13 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Okhotsku ethnicity and human skeletal remains from the Aonae dune site, Okushiri Island, Hokkaido, Japan2005

    • Author(s)
      Matsumura Hirohumi
    • Journal Title

      Asian Perspective 29(in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Ethnogenesis and craniofacial changes in Japan from the perspective of nonmetric traits2005

    • Author(s)
      Ossenberg Nancy
    • Journal Title

      Anthropological Scinece 113(in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Okhotsk ethnicity and human skeletal remains from the Aonae dune site, Okushiri Island, Hokkaido, Japan.2005

    • Author(s)
      Matsumura H, Hudson ML.
    • Journal Title

      Asian Perspective 29(in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Ethnogenesis and craniofacial change in Japan from the perspective of nonmetric traits.2005

    • Author(s)
      Ossenberg NS, Dodo Y, Maeda T, Kawakubo Y.
    • Journal Title

      Anthropological Science 113(in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Interspecies comparison of marine reservoir ages at the Kitakogane shell midden, Hokkaido, Japan2004

    • Author(s)
      Yoneda Minoru
    • Journal Title

      Nuclear Instruments and Method in Physics Research B 223-224

      Pages: 376-381

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Phylogenetic analysis of the human ancient mitochondrial DNA2004

    • Author(s)
      Adachi Noboru
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Archaeological Science 31

      Pages: 1339-1348

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Interspecies comparison of marine reservoir ages at the Kitakogane shell midden, Hokkaido, Japan.2004

    • Author(s)
      Yoneda M, et al.
    • Journal Title

      Nuclear Instruments and Method in Physics Research B 223-224

      Pages: 376-381

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Phylogenetic analysis of the human ancient mitochondrial DNA.2004

    • Author(s)
      Adachi N, Umetsu K, Takigawa W, Sakaue K.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Archaeological Science 31

      Pages: 1339-1348

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Morphologic and genetic evidence for the kinship of juvenile skeletal specimens from a 2000 year-old double burial of the Usu-Moshiri site, Hokkaido, Japan2003

    • Author(s)
      Adachi Noboru
    • Journal Title

      Anthropological Science 111

      Pages: 347-363

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Morphologic and genetic evidence for the kinship of juvenile skeletal remains from a 2000 year-old double burial of the Usu-Moshiri site, Hokkaido, Japan.2003

    • Author(s)
      Adachi N, Dodo Y, Ohshima N, Doi N, Yoneda M, Matsumura H
    • Journal Title

      Anthropological Scinece 111

      Pages: 347-363

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Kitakami Sanchi ni Nihon Koushinnsei Jinrui Kaseki wo Saguru.(In Search of Pleistocene hominid fossils from the Kitakami mountain area in Iwate, Japan)2003

    • Author(s)
      Dodo Y, Takigawa W, Sawada J(eds.)
    • Journal Title

      Tohoku University Press, Sendai

      Pages: 1-419

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Cranial affinities of the Epi-Jomon inhabitants in Hokkaido, Japan2002

    • Author(s)
      Dodo Yukio
    • Journal Title

      Anthropological Science 110

      Pages: 1-32

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Cranial affinities of the Epi-Jomon inhabitants in Hokkaido, Japan.2002

    • Author(s)
      Dodo Y, Kawakubo Y
    • Journal Title

      Anthropological Science 110

      Pages: 1-32

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Book] 北上山地に日本更新世人類化石を探る2003

    • Author(s)
      百々幸雄
    • Total Pages
      419
    • Publisher
      東北大学出版会
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より

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Published: 2006-07-11  

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