2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Osteoarchaeological studies on cremated bone
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23501218
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Cultural property science
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| Research Institution | Niigata University of Health and Welfare (2013)
The Nippon Dental University (2011-2012) |
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Principal Investigator |
NARA Takashi 新潟医療福祉大学, 医療技術学部, 教授 (30271894)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
SAWADA Junmei 聖マリアンナ医科大学, 医学部, 講師 (10374943)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 骨考古学 / 出土人骨 / 法人類学 / 焼骨 |
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| Research Abstract |
For the advancement of proficiency of osteological analysis of burned human bone from archeological context, we obtained bone shirinkage during cremation. Human bone burned at the temperature maximum of 1250C for 30 min indicated 7.1-16.9% a cross-sectional shrinkage in the clavicle and 9.3-16.0% a cross-sectional shirinkage in the femur with soft tissue. These results are less than 15-30% in previous research but present a valuable data for estimation sex of burned human bone.
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