Nonmetric cranial variation in human skeletal remains associated with Okhotsk culture

Anthropological Science

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-47

  Komesu, Atsuko ^a   Hanihara, Tsunehiko ^b   Amano, Tetsuya ^c   Ono, Hiroko ^c   Yoneda, Minoru ^d   Dodo, Yukio ^e   Fukumine, Tadahiko ^a   Ishida, Hajime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO BUNKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ainu; Jomon; Nonmetric cranial traits; Northeast Asia; Okhotsk culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249123537     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.070323     Document Type: Article

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