Nonmetric dental characteristics of the early modern population of Okinawa Island in Nansei Islands, Japan

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 679-693

  Manabe, Y ^a   Oyamada, J ^a   Kitagawa, Y ^a   Igawa, K ^a   Kato, K ^a   Matsushita, T ^b   Rokutanda, A ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Doigahama Anthropological Museum   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dental morphology; Early modern period; Nansei Islands; Nonmetric dental trait; Ryukyu

Indexed keywords

EID: 81855194729     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.1174     Document Type: Article

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