Morphometric affinity of the late Neolithic human remains from Man Bac, Ninh Binh Province, Vietnam: key skeletons with which to debate the 'two layer' hypothesis
Morphometric affinity of the late Neolithic human remains from Man Bac, Ninh Binh Province, Vietnam: key skeletons with which to debate the 'two layer' hypothesis
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DOI:
10.1537/ase.070405
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发表时间:
2008-08-01
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0.7
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Yamagata, Mariko
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Matsumura, Hirofumi;Oxenham, Marc F.;Yamagata, Mariko
The excavation of the Mail Bac site (c. 3800-3500 years BP) in Ninh Birth Province, Northern Vietnam, yielded a large mortuary assemblage. A total of 3 1 inhumations were recovered during the 2004-2005 excavation. Multivariate comparisons using cranial and dental metrics demonstrated close affinities of the Man Bac people to later early Metal Age Dong Son Vietnamese and early and modern samples from southern China including the Neolithic to Western Han period samples from the Yangtze Basin. In contrast, large morphological gaps were found between the Mail Bac people, except for a single individual, and the other earlier prehistoric Vietnamese samples represented by Hoabinhian and early Neolithic Bac Soil and Da But Cultural contexts. These findings suggest the initial appearance of immigrants in northern Vietnam, who were biologically related to pre- or early historic population stocks in northern or eastern peripheral areas, including Southern China. The Mail Bac skeletons support the two-layer hypothesis it discussions pertaining to the population history Of Southeast Asia.