Korean J Phys Anthropol.  1994 Jun;7(1):69-92. 10.11637/kjpa.1994.7.1.69.

An Anthropolgical Study on the Human Skeleton Excavated from Dugmoe Tomb of the Technopols of Kwang Ju City

• Kim JJ
• Chung JH
• Moon JS
• Chang IY
• Ching YY
• Kim HJ

• KMID: 2376366
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.11637/kjpa.1994.7.1.69

Abstract

Authors have anthropologically measured the human skeleton from a Dugmoe Tomb of the technopolis of Kwang-ju city. The results obtained were as follows : 1. The human skeleton was thought to be constructed at the beginning of the period of the Chosun, judging from the Dugmoe Tomb. 2. It is female and its stature is estimated as about 163-165cm. The age of the skeleton is estimated to be late 50. 3. The cranial index is 77.09mm and the type is mesocephaly. 4. The cranial length-height index and the cranial breadth-height index were hypsicrane and acrocephaly. 5. The orbital index 95.0mm and the type is hypsiconch. 6. The humerus is comparatively long, slender and has more rounded diaphysis. 7. The femur is similar that of present day, and the type is platyer. 8. The abrasion of the occlusal surface of the teeth was 2.5 point.

Keyword

High tech science park, Gwangju; Dugmoe Tomb; human skeleton

MeSH Terms

Craniosynostoses
Diaphyses
Female
Femur
Gwangju*
Humans*
Humerus
Orbit
Skeleton*
Tooth