Ethnogenesis and craniofacial change in Japan from the perspective of nonmetric traits

Anthropological Science

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 99-115

  Ossenberg, Nancy Suzanne ^a,c   Dodo, Yukio ^b   Maeda, Tomoko ^b   Kawakubo, Yoshinori ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ainu; Cranial nonmetric traits; Ethnogenesis in Japan; Tohoku

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747184210     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.00090     Document Type: Article

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