Chronology of the Yayoi skeletal remains from the Kanto district, Japan: A preliminary re-evaluation by radiocarbon dating of postcranial material

Anthropological Science

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-182

  Yoneda, Minoru ^a   Saso, Aiko ^b   Suzuki, Ryo ^c   Shibata, Yasuyuki ^a   Morita, Masatoshi ^a   Suwa, Gen ^b   Akazawa, Takeru ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Environmental Research Center   (Japan)

^d KOCHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AMS; Collagen; Japanese; Population history; Yayoi

Indexed keywords

EID: 25644445930     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.040622     Document Type: Article

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