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DOI： 10.1002/ajpa.22870

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DOI： http://doi.org/10.1537/asj.120709

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In this study, I examined the frequency of Harris lines on tibia of human skeletal remains excavated from the Furuno, Haraguchi, and Mizuho sites, which are in the Onojo City, in the early modern and modern cemeteries. Harris lines are a type of stress marker used to reveal the health and nutritional status of ancient human bones and are defined as transverse lines that occur on the diaphysis or epiphysis of long bones. The results of the CT imaging (Nikon X-TH320) showed that the frequency of Harris lines was slightly higher on human skeletal remains excavated at the Haraguchi site than at the Furuno site, and that they appeared more frequently on human skeletal remains excavated at the Mizuho site than on the human skeletal remains excavated at these two sites. This difference may be related to the hierarchy of buried individuals. The buried individuals at the Furuno site are likely to be related to a family that served as a village headman, while those at the Haraguchi site were not as wealthy as the village headman, but were somewhat better off than the peasants, as they worked at a children’s school. Thus, the difference in the frequency of occurrence of the Harris line can be attributed to the hierarchical differences among the farmers. The degree of health and nutritional status in the early modern and modern periods varies even in rural areas along the same roads and may represent the effects of the impoverishment of the majority of the peasantry, excluding some peasants, due to the stratification of the peasantry.

DOI： 10.15017/7171719

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“The Research on the Genko Borui by Kyushu University” was held as a special exhibition in the spring of 2023 at the Fujii gallery in Ito Campus of Kyushu university. We, the staff of the Kyushu University Museum, organized a “Gallery Talk—Exhibition of the Genko Borui with an excavator”. The purpose of this event was to provide participants with an opportunity to understand more about Genko Borui. We communicated interactively with participants in addition to providing explanations of the exhibits as we walked around the exhibition. In this report, we provide an overview of the gallery talk and the issues that became clear in the course of the talk.

DOI： 10.15017/7171724

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Intentional cranial modification has a long history, being a ubiquitous practice in many cultures around the world for millennia. The crania excavated at the Hirota site on Tanegashima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, has been previously noted to have a marked tendency toward a short head and a flattened occipital bone, which has been suggested to be the result of artificial cranial deformation. However, whether this deformation was intentional or caused by unintentional habits remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of the cranial shape of the Hirota site to clarify whether the crania were intentionally modified. In the examination of Hirota crania, Kyushu Island Jomon and Doigahama Yayoi crania were added as comparative data and contrasted with three-dimensional (3D) surface scan imaging and two-dimensional outline-based geometric morphometric analysis, combined with objective assessments of potential cranial modification. The results showcased Hirota’s short and flattened cranial morphology, indicating clear alignment with our hypothesis that Hirota samples are morphologically different from Doigahama and Jomon samples. No sex-based differences were found. Morphological abnormalities in cranial sutures were visually assessed utilizing novel 3D visualization methods of cranial outer surfaces. Based on a comprehensive review of the results, we concluded that Hirota site crania were intentionally modified. Although the motivation of the practice is unclear, the Hirota people may have deformed their crania to preserve group identity and possibly aid in the long-distance trade of shellfish, as seen archaeologically.

DOI： 10.1371/journal.pone.0289219

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DOI： https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289219

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In this study, I examined the regional characteristics of the cranial features of human remains from the Yayoi period in the northern Kyushu-Yamaguchi region, which are considered to have facial features very different from those of the Jomon period, but which have not been comprehensively examined in terms of their regional characteristics since 1989. In 1953, excavations at the Doigahama site in Yamaguchi Prefecture and the Mitsunagata site in Saga Prefecture led to the discovery of human remains from the Yayoi period, and based on these materials, Takeo Kanaseki proposed the “migratory theory”. It is an important subject in the anthropology to clarify the origin, diffusion process, and regional characteristics of human remains from the Yayoi period in the northern Kyushu-Yamaguchi area, which have significantly different characteristics compared to human remains from Jomon period. However, since the comprehensive study of the Yayoi people in 1989, the regional characteristics of cranial traits, especially facial features, have only been compared among three distinctly different regions: northwestern Kyushu, southern Kyushu, and the northern Kyushu-Yamaguchi region. As a result, the image of the emergence of a homogeneous “migrant population” in the Northern Kyushu-Yamaguchi region is being formed, emphasizing the significant differences in traits from those of the Jomon period people. Therefore, it is important to reexamine the regional characteristics of cranial traits, especially facial traits, and the regional differences in individual traits within the northern Kyushu-Yamaguchi area during the Yayoi period. The present study reveals that, compared to the human skeletons of Jomon and the human skeletons of Yayoi in northwestern Kyushu, the yayoi populations of the northern Kyushu and Yamaguchi regions have a strong tendency toward high facial features in both males and females, while the Hibikinada coastal area has weaker tendency toward high facial features. Analysis at the individual reveals that high-faced and low-faced individuals existed at any time an in any region throughout the Yayoi period, and that there was more variation in traits compared to the Jomon period human remains. Based on the results of archaeological and ancient DNA analyses, it is considered that the trait variation shown in this study may have occurred as a result of interbreeding between native and migrant populations. Furthermore, it is suggested that hybridization was also advanced at the Shinmachi site, which has been emphasized as being of native descent.

DOI： 10.15017/6777094

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In this study, I examined the regional characteristics of cranial traits in human remains from Northern Kyushu in Yayoi period, which are said to have high facial features that differ greatly from those of human remains in Jomon period but have not been systematically examined for their regional characteristics since 1989. As a result, it was confirmed that there existed people who have similarities in terms of high facial features in the Northern Kyushu region, and even in the Yamaguchi region, when compared with the Jomon period human remains of Tsukumo and Yoshigo and the Yayoi period human remains of Northwestern Kyushu. However, some differences were observed within the group, with the Sawara plain, Kasuga, Fukuoka plain, and Mikuni hills showing a higher face, and the peripheral areas of Onga River basin, Asakura, East Saga, and Yamaguchi showing a relatively lower face height. This result was in agreement with Doi and Tanaka (1987) and Nakahashi and Nagai (1989a). On the other hand, it may be necessary to re-evaluate the facial features of the significant height of the Mikuni Hills and the facial features of the human remains of the Shinmachi Site No. 9. These results suggest that although the presence of a small number of immigrants is important, the so-called Yayoi period cranial traits are established in the Northern Kyushu region, and that the diversity of traits within the region is due to the diverse expression of traits resulting from the progression of admixture.

DOI： 10.15017/4774260

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Repository Public URL： http://hdl.handle.net/2324/4377885

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広田遺跡出土人骨について、これまで研究されてこなかった身体活動やストレスマーカーなどの非計測的な検討から、当時の生業活動の実態や外傷の頻度、栄養状態などの検討を行った。さらに人の移動を検討するためストロンチウム同位体比分析を行った。

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DOI： 10.1016/j.ijpp.2019.01.002

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DOI： 10.1002/ajhb.23015

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Venue：NSG学生総合プラザSTEP（新潟医療福祉大学）   Country：Japan  

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