Did the Jomon people have a short lifespan? Evidence from the adult age-at-death estimation based on the auricular surface of the ilium

Anthropological Science

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-169

  Nagaoka, Tomohito ^a   Sawada, Junmei ^a   Hirata, Kazuaki ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult age at death distribution; Auricular surface; Japan; Jomon; Palaeodemography

Indexed keywords

EID: 50949092633     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.070724     Document Type: Article

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