Anthropological research of human skeletal remains of Okhotsk Culture from Hokkaido and Sakhalin Islands

2008 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18370099
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Anthropology
• Research Institution: University of the Ryukyus
• Principal Investigator: ISHIDA Hajime University of the Ryukyus, 医学部, 教授 (70145225)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): DODO Yukio 学校法人鶴岡学園北海道文教大学, 人間科学部, 教授 (50000146) ; AMANO Tetsuya 北海道大学, 総合博物館, 教授 (90125279) ; HANIHARA Tsunehiko 佐賀大学, 医学部, 教授 (00180919) ; MATSUMURA Hirofumi 札幌医科大学, 医学部, 准教授 (70209617) ; MASUDA Ryuichi 北海道大学, 創成科学共同研究機構, 准教授 (80192748) ; YONEDA Minoru 東京大学, 新領域創成科学研究科, 准教授 (30280712)
• Project Period (FY): 2006 – 2007
• Keywords: オホーツク文化人骨 / アイヌ / 古代DNA / 頭蓋形態 / 同位体分析 / 生活誌

Research Abstract

オホーツク文化人骨の形態解析とDNA分析の結果、北東アジア、とくにアムール川流域を起源としていること、mtDNAのハプログループYは、アムール川下流域集団の祖先からオホーツク文化人を経由してアイヌへともたらされたことが示唆された。また、食生活では栄養段階の高い大型魚類や海生ほ乳類を主要なタンパク質として多く利用していたことが示された。変形性関節症の頻度分布からも、生業との関連性が示唆された。アイヌ民族のイオマンテ型儀礼は続縄文文化・オホーツク文化にまでさかのぼる可能性が大きいことを示した。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Mitochondrial DNA haplogrouping of the Okhotsk people due to ancient DNA analysis : an intermediate of gene flow from the continental-Sakhalin people to the Ainu (2009)
  • Author(s): Sato T, Amano T, Ono H, Ishida H, Kodera H, Matsumura H, Yoneda M, Masuda R.
  • Journal Title: Anthropol Sci (in press)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Craniometric divergence history of the Japanese populations. Anth (2009)
  • Author(s): Ishida H, HaniharaT, Kondo O, Fukumine T.
  • Journal Title: Anthropol Sci DOI : 10.1537/ase Pages: 081219
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Biological affinities of Okhotsk-culture people with East Siberians and Arctic people based on dental characteristics (2009)
  • Author(s): Matsumura H, Ishida H, Amano T, Ono H, Yoneda M.
  • Journal Title: Anthropol Sci DOI : 10.1537/ase Pages: 080513
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Regional differences in craniofacial diversity and population history of Jomon Japan (2009)
  • Author(s): Hanihara T, Ishida H.
  • Journal Title: Am J Phys Anthropol DOI 10.1002/ajpa Pages: 20985
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Temporal variation and interaction between nutritional and developmental instability in prehistoric Japanese populations (2008)
  • Author(s): Hoover KC, Matsumura H.
  • Journal Title: Am J Phys Anthropol 137 Pages: 469-478
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Craniometric variation of the Ainu : an assessment of differential gene flow from Northeast Asia into northern Japan, Hokkaido (2008)
  • Author(s): Hanihara T, Yoshida K, Ishida H.
  • Journal Title: Am J Phys Anthropol 137 Pages: 283-293
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Nonmetric cranial variation in human skeletal remains associated with Okhotsk culture (2008)
  • Author(s): Komesu A, Hanihara T, Amano T, Ono H, Yoneda M, Dodo Y, Fukumine T, Ishida H.
  • Journal Title: Anthropol Sci 116 Pages: 33-47
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Radiocarbon marine reservoir ages in the western Pacific estimated by pre-bomb molluscan shells (2007)
  • Author(s): Yoneda M., H. Uno, Y. Shibata, R. Suzuki, Y. Kumamoto, K. Yoshida, T. Sasaki, A. Suzuki and H. Kawahata
  • Journal Title: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 259 Pages: 432-43
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Origin and genetic feature of the Okhotsk people, Origin and genetic feature of the Okhotsk peoprevealed by ancient mitochondrial DNA analysis (2007)
  • Author(s): Sato T, Amano T, Ono H, Ishida H, Kodera H, Matsumura H, Yoneda M, Masuda R.
  • Journal Title: J Hum Genetle 52 Pages: 618-627
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Oral and physiological paleohealth in cold adapted peoples : Northeast Asia, Hokkaido (2007)
  • Author(s): Oxenham MF, Matsumura H.
  • Journal Title: Am J Phys Anthropol 135 Pages: 64-74
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis in late Jomon Hokkaido, Japan (2006)
  • Author(s): Oxenham MF, Matsumura H, Nishimoto T.
  • Journal Title: International J Osteoarchaeol 16 Pages: 34-46
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Embodying Okhotsk ethnicity : human skeletal remains from the Aonae Dune Site, Okushiri Island, Hokkaido (2006)
  • Author(s): Matsumura H, Hudson MJ, Minakawa Y, Koshida K.
  • Journal Title: Asian Perspectives 45 Pages: 2-23
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Craniometric divergence of Japanese inhabitants due to gene flows from Prehistoric Northeast Asians (2009)
  • Author(s): Ishida H, Hanihara T, Kondo O.
  • Organizer: 78^<th> Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists
  • Place of Presentation: Chicago, IL
  • Year and Date: 20090402-05
• [Presentation] Dietary reconstruction of Prehistoric Hokkaido populations (2009)
  • Author(s): Yoneda, M
  • Organizer: International Workshop 2009, Sapporo 'Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology of the Northern Pacific Rim' Hokkaido University
  • Place of Presentation: Sapporo
  • Year and Date: 20090110-11
• [Presentation] Appendicular osteoarthritis of Okhotsk cultural people from Hokkaido and Medieval people from Kamakura (2008)
  • Author(s): Sunagawa M, Shimoda Y, Ishida H, Hirata K, Nagaoka T, Hanihara T, Yoneda M, Amano T, Ono H.
  • Organizer: 第62回日本人類学会大会、愛知学院大学(Anthropological Science, 116 : 273, 2008)
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋
  • Year and Date: 20081101-02
• [Presentation] Degenerative joint disease of spines in Okhotsk culture people and medieval Kamakura people (2008)
  • Author(s): Shimoda Y, Sunagawa M, Ishida H, Hirata K, Nagaoka T, Hanihara T, Yoneda M, Amano T, Ono H.
  • Organizer: 第62回日本人類学会大会、愛知学院大学(Anthropological Science, 116 : 272, 2008)
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋
  • Year and Date: 20081101-02
• [Presentation] Estimation of age at death distribution of human skeletal remains associated with Okhotsk culture (2008)
  • Author(s): Nagaoka T, Ishida H, Shimoda Y, Sunagawa M, Amano T, Ono H, Hirata K.
  • Organizer: 第62回日本人類学会大会、愛知学院大学(Anthropological Science, 116 : 260, 2008)
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋
  • Year and Date: 20081101-02
• [Presentation] クマはなぜ畏敬の念を抱かれたか. 日本ケルト学会記念講演 (2008)
  • Author(s): 天野哲也
  • Organizer: 北海学園大学
  • Place of Presentation: 札幌
  • Year and Date: 2008-10-11
• [Presentation] オホーツク文化人骨の系統と生活誌. 斜里町立知床博物館30周年記念フォーラム「先人の集まりしウトロ遺跡を語る」 (2008)
  • Author(s): 石田肇
  • Organizer: ゆめホール知床・公民館ホール
  • Place of Presentation: 斜里
  • Year and Date: 2008-09-06
• [Presentation] 日本列島人類集団における形態と生活誌の多様性 (2008)
  • Author(s): 石田肇、平田和明
  • Organizer: 第113回日本解剖学会総会シンポジウム26「日本人の起源-東アジア諸民族の骨と歯から考える」大分医科大学
  • Place of Presentation: 由布
  • Year and Date: 2008-03-29
• [Presentation] Genetic structure of the Okhotsk people clarified by ancient DNA analysis (2007)
  • Author(s): Sato T, Amano T, Ono H, Ishida H, Kodera H, Matsumura H, Yoneda M, Masuda R.
  • Organizer: 北海道大学21世紀COEプログラム国際シンポジウム2007. The Origin and Evolution of Natural Diversity
  • Place of Presentation: Sapporo, Japan
  • Year and Date: 20071101-05
• [Presentation] Diversity of prehistoric and historic peoples along Okhotsk sea coast as viewed from nonmetric cranial variation (2007)
  • Author(s): Ishida H, Hanihara T.
  • Organizer: 21st Pacific Science Congress
  • Place of Presentation: Okinawa, Japan
  • Year and Date: 20070612-18
• [Presentation] Nonmetric cranial variation of the ancient Okhotsk cultural people around the Okhotsk Sea coast (2007)
  • Author(s): Komesu A, Hanihara T, Amano T, Ono H, Yoneda M, Fukumine T, Ishida H.
  • Organizer: 76^<th> Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists(Am J Phys Anthropol Suppl 44 : 146, 2007)
  • Place of Presentation: Philadelphia, PA
  • Year and Date: 20070328-31
• [Presentation] Bioarchaeology of people of the Okhotsk Culture (2000)
  • Author(s): Ishida H.
  • Organizer: International Workshop 2009, Sapporo 'Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology of the Northern Pacific Rim' Hokkaido University
  • Place of Presentation: Sapporo
  • Year and Date: 20000110-11
• [Book] Gene flow, genetic drift, and geographic variation of the Ainu : an assessment based on nonmetric cranial traits. In : Columbus F(ed.) (2009)
  • Author(s): Hanihara T
  • Publisher: Phylogeography : Concepts, Intraspecific Patterns and Speciation Processes". New York : Nova Science Publisher, Inc.(inpress)
• [Book] 北東アジアの人類集団. 臼杵勲、加藤博文編、北東アジアの歴史と文化、札幌 (2009)
  • Author(s): 松村博文、石田肇
  • Publisher: 北海道大学出版会(印刷中)
• [Book] オホーツク文化を担った人々. 臼杵勲、加藤博文編、北東アジアの歴史と文化、札幌 (2009)
  • Author(s): 石田肇
  • Publisher: 北海道大学出版会(印刷中)
• [Book] ユーラシアを結ぶヒグマの文化ベルト. 林良博・森祐司・秋篠宮文仁・池谷和信・奥野卓司編「ヒトと動物の関係学」, 東京 (2008)
  • Author(s): 天野哲也
  • Total Pages: 45-68
  • Publisher: 岩波書店
• [Book] オホーツク文化の形成と展開に関わる集団の文化的系統について. 榎森進監, 小口雅史・澤登寛聡編「エミシ・エゾ・アイヌ アイヌ文化の成立と変容 -交易と交流を中心として」 (2008)
  • Author(s): 小野裕子・天野哲也
  • Publisher: 岩田書店、東京
• [Book] 古代の海洋民オホーツク人の世界-アイヌ文化をさかのぼる-東京 (2008)
  • Author(s): 天野哲也
  • Publisher: 雄山閣
• [Book] 古代蝦夷からアイヌへ (2007)
  • Author(s): 天野哲也・小野裕子編
  • Publisher: 吉川弘文館
• [Book] 「擦文文化の時間軸の検討-道央、北部日本海沿岸域と東 北北部の関係-」前川要編『北東アジア交流史研究-古代と中世-』 (2007)
  • Author(s): 天野哲也・小野裕子
  • Total Pages: 241-268
  • Publisher: 塙書房
• [Book] 「オホーツク文化の形成と展開に関わる集団の文化的系統について-異系統文化の交流が生み出した海洋漁撈文化-」澤登寛聡・小口雅史編『アイヌ文化の成立と変容-交易と交流を中心として-』 (2007)
  • Author(s): 小野裕子・天野哲也
  • Total Pages: 171-210
  • Publisher: 法政大学国際日本学研究所
• [Book] 「考古学からみたアイヌ民族史」澤登寛聡・小口雅史編『アイヌ文化の成立と変容-交易と交流を中心として-』 (2007)
  • Author(s): 天野哲也
  • Total Pages: 37-52
  • Publisher: 法政大学国際日本学研究所
• [Remarks] 米田穣. 北海道に暮らした人びとの食生活-北海道の続縄文文化と本州の弥生文化-. 遺伝61(2), 27-32, 2007.
• [Remarks] 三辻利一・小野裕子・天野哲也オホーツク文化の集団間・対外交流の研究-1. 礼文島香深井1遺跡出土陶質土器の蛍光X線分析-. 北海道大学総合博物館研究報告, 4 : 139-152, 2008.
• [Remarks] 百々幸雄アイヌと縄文人-日本列島の基層集団-. 北海道大学アイヌ・先住民研究センター紀要1号2009(印刷中)