Researches on diversity of life histories and life styles in Prehistoric Jomon people sectioning in the local area

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24501254
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Cultural property science
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: SUZUKI TOSHIHIKO 東北大学, 歯学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (70261518)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): NARA Takashi 新潟医療福祉大学, 保健医療学部, 教授 (30271894) ; YONEDA Minoru 東京大学, 総合研究博物館, 教授 (30280712) ; NAGAOKA Tomohito 聖マリアンナ医科大学, 准教授 (20360216) ; SAWADA Junmei 新潟医療福祉大学, 保健医療学部, 准教授 (10374943)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 人類学 / 考古学 / 縄文時代 / 埋葬人骨

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to clarify the diversity of life profile of Jomon people examining skeletal remains of Jomon people from various archaeological sites in Japan, splitting into groups by region. Recent studies on DNA analysis of skeletal remains have shown that Jomon people would not be expected as homogeneous group; the results of this study from the perspective such as morphology, paleopathology, and dietary habit, also indicate that there were a variety of people in the Japanese Archipelago of Jomon period.

Free Research Field

人類学