Preliminary observations of some paleopathological conditions in historic and modern human skeletal remains from Ishigaki Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan

Anthropological Science

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 421-436

  Zukeran, Chosei ^a   Fukumine, Tadahiko ^a   Doi, Naomi ^a   Sensui, Noburu ^a   Ishida, Hajime ^a   Kanaya, Fuminori ^a   Shimabukuro, Ayano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b Ishigaki City Hall   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cribra orbitalia; Dental enamel hypoplasia; Ishigaki Island; Osteoarthritis; Paleopathology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFECTION; INJURY; JAPAN; LEG; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OBSERVATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PARASITISM; PERIOSTITIS; SKELETON; STRESS; TOOTH; TREPONEMA;

EID: 0036819986     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.110.421     Document Type: Article

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