People of the Yayoi Period in Northern Kyushu: Regional Characteristics of Cranial Traits

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  • 北部九州の弥生時代人 : 頭蓋形質の地域性について

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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.

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