Analyzing the Final Jomon human remains from the Nonomae shellmound, Ofunato City, Iwate Prefecture

• Saeki Fumiko

  Department of Physical Therapy, Niigata University of Health and Welfare

• Adachi Noboru

  Department of Legal Medicine, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi

• Yoneda Minoru

  The University Museum, The University of Tokyo

• Suzuki Toshihiko

  Division of Dental and Digital Forensics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry

• Sawada Junmei

  Department of Physical Therapy, Niigata University of Health and Welfare

• Kakuda Tsuneo

  Department of Legal Medicine, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi

• Masuyama Kotoka

  Department of Legal Medicine, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi

• Ozaki Hiromasa

  The University Museum, The University of Tokyo

• Omori Takayuki

  The University Museum, The University of Tokyo

• Hagihara Yasuo

  Department of Physical Therapy, Niigata University of Health and Welfare

• Nara Takashi

  Department of Physical Therapy, Niigata University of Health and Welfare

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 大船渡市野々前貝塚縄文時代人骨の形態人類学的および理化学的分析
• オオフナトシノクリカエシ ゼン カイズカ ジョウモン ジダイ ジンコツ ノ ケイタイ ジンルイガクテキ オヨビ リ カガクテキ ブンセキ

Abstract

Morphological and biochemical approaches were performed on the five human remains (No. 1: middle adult male, No. 2: fetus or neonatal, No. 3: young or middle adult female, No. 4: middle adult female, and No. 5: infant) excavated from the Nonomae Shellmound, Ofunato City, Iwate Prefecture. Based on the results of direct radiocarbon dating, these human remains were dated to 3150–3000 cal BP. Both morphological and mtDNA analyses revealed that they had features resembling those of the typical Jomon skeletons. The mitochondrial DNA haplogroups of three human individuals were identified (No. 1: N9b1, No. 4: N9b*, and No. 5: M7a2); it was confirmed that these three individuals were not in a maternal kinship. One of the remarkable paleopathological findings was that all the adults had exostoses of the external auditory canals; these results indicate that the Nonomae Jomon peopel were engaged in marine fishing and/or shellfish gathering activities that involved diving. The results of the carbon and nitrogen isotope ratio analysis, which suggest that the Nonomae Jomon people’s diets were based on marine resources might be related to the high prevalence of exostosis of the external auditory canal. Furthermore, all of the adults exhibited severe osteoarthritis in their cervical vertebrae, leading to the supposition that their routine behavior caused overloading of the cervical spine.

Journal

• Anthropological Science (Japanese Series)

  Anthropological Science (Japanese Series) 124 (1), 1-17, 2016

  The Anthropological Society of Nippon

Keywords

• Nonomae Shellmound
• Final Jomon period
• Sanriku Coast
• exostosis of the external auditory canal
• spinal osteoarthritis

Details

• CRID: 1390282679446030720
• NII Article ID: 130005158643
• NII Book ID: AA11307827
• DOI: 10.1537/asj.160417
• ISSN: 13488813
• ISSN: 13443992
• NDL BIB ID: 027508526
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I027508526
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/asj/124/1/124_160417/_pdf
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2016320118
• Text Lang: ja
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