2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Morphological study of human skulls found recently from Late Pleistocene site in Okinawa by using micro-CT and 3D printer systems.
Project/Area Number |
25440252
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Physical anthropology
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Research Institution | University of the Ryukyus |
Principal Investigator |
DOI Naomi 琉球大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 非常勤講師 (30128053)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KONO Reiko 独立行政法人国立科学博物館, 人類研究部, 研究主幹 (30356266)
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Research Collaborator |
TOKUMINE Rie 沖縄県立埋蔵文化財センター, 嘱託調査員
KATAGIRI Chiaki 沖縄県立博物館, 美術館・博物館班, 主任学芸員
FUJITA Masaki 沖縄県立博物館, 美術館・博物館班, 主任
YAMASAKI Shinji 沖縄県立博物館, 美術館・博物館班, 主任
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Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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Keywords | 更新世人類 / デジタル復元 / 形態 / 沖縄 / 石垣島 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
To clarify morphological characteristics of Late Pleistocene skull found recently from Shiraho-saonetabaru cave site, Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, we tried to reconstruct skull using new digital method by micro-CT and 3D printer systems. At first, we reconstructed manually deficient skull from fragmental bone pieces (analog method), then, applied CT scan to this skull at the National Science Museum in Tokyo. We have found that it is possible to improve the accuracy of skull morphology by repeating feedback between analog method and digital method. Although at the onset of this study, available material was only one skull, three more skulls were added from subsequent excavation. Now, we are proceeding morphological analyses of digitally reconstructed skulls, and preparing papers.
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Free Research Field |
自然人類学
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