Morphologic and Genetic Evidence for the Kinship of Juvenile Skeletal Specimens from a 2,000 Year-old Double Burial of the Usu-Moshiri Site, Hokkaido, Japan

• Adachi Noboru

  Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Tohoku University School of Medicine

• Dodo Yukio

  Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Tohoku University School of Medicine

• Ohshima Naoyuki

  Board of Education Date City

• Doi Naomi

  Department of Anatomy, University of the Ryukyus Faculty of Medicine

• Yoneda Minoru

  Environmental Chemistry Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies

• Matsumura Hirofumi

  Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University

抄録

This paper presents a case study of a double burial at the 2,000 year-old Usu-Moshiri Epi-Jomon site in Hokkaido, Japan, using detailed odontometric analysis in conjunction with mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis in order to more precisely assess their kinship. Consanguinity between the two juveniles found in this burial was suggested by the archaeological context as well as by preliminary morphological studies of the skeletons. Mitochondrial DNA sequences, while consistent with their maternal kinship, did not provide decisive evidence. Supplementing and strengthening the kinship determination, Q-mode correlations between these two individuals with respect to tooth crown measurements and proportions were consistently positive and very high. Statistical analysis of the difference between tooth size correlations in this pair, and those in pairs of related and unrelated individuals from other Japanese populations indicated that they likely had been first-degree relatives. Considering that the two individuals had been approximately seven and eleven years old at the time of their interment side by side, we concluded that they likely had been siblings rather than other first-degree maternal relatives. This study demonstrated that combining odontological analysis with mtDNA testing may be effective for reliable and detailed kinship assessment of ancient skeletal remains.

収録刊行物

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  Ａｎｔｈｒｏｐｏｌｏｇｉｃａｌ　Ｓｃｉｅｎｃｅ 111 (3), 347-363, 2003

  一班社団法人　日本人類学会

キーワード

• odontological kinship analysis
• tooth size proportion
• ancient DNA
• multiple burial
• prehistoric Japan

詳細情報

• CRID: 1390282679287231104
• NII論文ID: 10011217795
• NII書誌ID: AA11307827
• DOI: 10.1537/ase.111.347
• ISSN: 13488570
• ISSN: 09187960
• NDL書誌ID: 6610639
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I6610639
• Web Site: http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ase/111/3/111_3_347/_pdf
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2004107844
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