Osteoarchaeological study of protohistoric Kofun skeletons from underground corridor style burial chambers

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520873
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Archaeology
• Research Institution: Kagoshima Women's Junior College
• Principal Investigator: Takenaka Masami 鹿児島女子短期大学, その他部局等, 教授 (70264439)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SHINODA Kenichi 国立科学博物館, 人類研究部, 部長 (30131923) ; SHIMONO Mariko 鹿児島女子短期大学, 生活科学科, 助手 (10533474) ; ONISHI Tomokazu 鹿児島国際大学, 国際文化学部, 教授 (70244217) ; KANEGAE Kenji 鹿児島国際大学, 国際文化学部, 非常勤実習助手 (00389595)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 地下式横穴墓 / 古墳時代人骨 / 骨考古学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Protohistoric Kofun human skeletal remains excavated from underground corridor style burial chambers of Osumi peninsula were examined. Their characteristics are summarized as follows: the facial skeleton is low and the naso-frontal region is considerably flat. The univariate comparison of the measurements and multivariate analysis with several adjacent populations suggested that Osumi people had a close affinity to the mountain area Kofun people in southern Kyushu and Jomon people.

Free Research Field

骨考古学