Physical anthropological studies on the Nukdo human skeletal remasins

2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

• Project/Area Number: 16570197
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Anthropology
• Research Institution: Niigata College of Nursing (2005-2006); Niigata Prefectural Museum of History (2004)
• Principal Investigator: FUJITA Hisashi Niigata College of Nursing, Nursing, Associate Professor, 看護学部, 助教授 (40278007)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SHIGEHARA Nobuo Nara Cultural Properties Research Institute, Investigation Center, Visiting fellow, 埋蔵文化財センター, 客員研究員 (20049208) ; MATSUI Akira Nara Cultural Properties Research Institute, Investigation Center, Section head, 埋蔵文化財センター, 室長 (20157225) ; SUZUKI Takao Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Vice Director, 副所長 (30154545)
• Project Period (FY): 2004 – 2006
• Keywords: Nukdo site / human skeletal remains / physical anthropology / paleopathology / animal archaeology

Research Abstract

We may say that a Nukdo human skeletal series are similar to Japanese visit Yayoi period people in general. The development-of-symptoms part of dental caries is the same as that of Japanese Jomon period people or history time people, and there is much root caries. Moreover, the ancients bone considered to have suffered from tuberculosis is also found, and it is an important human bone for exploring the origin of the tuberculosis in the inside in East Asia. Although the form of tooth extraction is a future examination subject, it differs from a Jomon man's ritual tooth extraction form clearly. A Nukdo human skeletal remains are the oldest as an ancients bone as a group found from the present South Korean peninsula. It is thought that it can contribute to the elucidation of the Japanese origin by conducting further future investigation.