Healed bone fractures in a jomon skeletal population from the Yoshigo shell mound, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
✍ Scribed by Masashi Nakai; Koji Inoue; Sinsuke Hukuda
- Book ID
- 101287768
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 206 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1047-482X
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✦ Synopsis
Healed bone fractures were quantitatively analyzed in an ancient Japanese population. The sample studied consisted of the skeletal remains of 160 adult individuals from the Yoshigo shell mound (ca. BP 3400-2400), Aichi prefecture, Japan. Healed fractures were diagnosed from the presence of callus formation and/or angular deformity. Fractures were frequently seen in small bones of the hand and foot such as the metacarpals, rather than in large long bones such as the clavicle, humerus, radius, ulna, femur, tibia and fibula. Of a total of 517 intact large long bones, only four fractures (0.8%) were recognized. The prevalence and pattern of bone fractures in the Yoshigo population reflects the relative lack of stress in their life-style.