Vertebral assimilation in an adult male Ainu skeleton from the Tokoro Chashi site in Tokoro, Hokkaido, Japan

Anthropological Science

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 269-273

  Saso, Aiko ^a   Nohara, Hirokazu ^b   Hanihara, Tsunehiko ^c   Kanaya, Fuminori ^b   Ishida, Hajime ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Paleopathology; Pyogenic spondylitis; Vertebral assimilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; OBSERVATION; SKELETON; SPONDYLITIS; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA BODY; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 12444275240     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.03102     Document Type: Article

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