Early historic human remains from the Hasekouji-Shuhen site in Kamakura, Japan

Anthropological Science

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 199-210

  Matsumura, Hirofumi ^a   Yoneda, Minoru ^b   Shudai, Hideaki ^c  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TSURUMI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AMS dating; Asuka Nara Heian period; Dolichocephalization; Hasekouji Shuhen site; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845788808     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.050405     Document Type: Article

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