Kazumichi Katayama

A strontium isotope analysis on the relationship between ritual tooth ablation and migration among the Jomon people in Japan (2009)

Kusaka, Soichiro, Ando, Atsushi, Nakano, Takanori, Yumoto, Takakazu, Ishimaru, Eriko, Yoneda, Minoru, ...

patterns can be discerned in the extensive ritual tooth ablation found among the human skeletal remains of the Late-Final Jomon period (ca. 3200-2800 cal BP) in Japan. Based on comparative...

Sex Determination Using the Femur in an Ancient Japanese Population (2008)

Özer, Ýsmail, Katayama, Kazumichi

Determination of sex from the femur measurements has been attempted in several populations and various studies have demonstrated the importance of population specific standards in the metric...

Variability in stable isotope ratios in two Late-Final Jomon communities in the Tokai coastal region and its relationship with sex and ritual tooth ablation (2008)

KUSAKA, SOICHIRO, IKARASHI, TAKEYUKI, HYODO, FUJIO, YUMOTO, TAKAKAZU, KATAYAMA, KAZUMICHI

We analyzed stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios in a sample of human and nonhuman mammal bones excavated from the Yoshigo and Inariyama shell mounds of the Late–Final Jomon periods in Aichi...

Sex Determination Using the Scapula in Medieval Skeletons from East Anatolia (2006)

Özer, Ismail, Katayama, Kazumichi, Sahgir, Mehmet, Güleç, Erksin

Sex determination from skeletal human remains by discriminant function analysis is one of the methods utilized in the forensic and osteoarcheological sciences. The purpose of the present study is to...

Three-dimensional ontogenetic shape changes in the human cranium during the fetal period

Morimoto, Naoki, Ogihara, Naomichi, Katayama, Kazumichi, Shiota, Kohei

Knowledge of the pattern of human craniofacial development in the fetal period is important for understanding the mechanisms underlying the emergence of variations in human craniofacial morphology....