2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study on the kinship structure of Prehistoric Taiwan by the Osteoarchaeological methods.
| Project/Area Number |
20520661
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Archaeology
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| Research Institution | Kyushu University |
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Principal Investigator |
TANAKA Yoshiyuki Kyushu University, 比較社会文化研究院, 教授 (50128047)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 台湾 / 先史時代 / 親族構造 / 古人骨 / 歯冠計測値 |
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| Research Abstract |
I reassumed the sex and age of the prehistoric human skeletons excavated from Shiqiao site in Taiwanese Tainan County. In addition, I observed the non-metric cranial traits, tooth extraction, and the life history of the skeletons and I calculated the Q mode correlation coefficients using the tooth crown measurements and estimated the kinship relations among individuals. In parallel with the work mentioned above, I performed a preliminary graveyard analysis to individuals in Shiqiao site about the placement of graves, grave goods, burial posture, and having pregnancy/delivery experience or not. In addition, I collected the ethnography data around Tainan County.
As a result, I got preliminary results that prehistoric society in Tainan was bilateral.
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