摘要
作者研究新源县71团渔塘古墓出土成人女颅四具,其中三具系人为改形,一具为正常形,其时代为两汉(乌孙)时期。这四具女颅大蒙古人种(黄种人)的特征较明显。我们将改形颅与正常颅、改形颅与我国境内石器时代及美洲印第安人的改形颅骨作了比较分型分析,其改形情况:一具为组合型;两具为“额型”。研究结果:乌孙人有头颅改形的风俗,“额型”的改型颅形是其较独特的方式之一。
This paper preserts an investigation of four female adult crana unearthed from Yutang ancient tomb in Xinyuan County,Xinjiang. Among them three were alteted artificially and one in normal shape, their epoch is belong to the Han Dynasty (Wusun). the ethnic group of the four carnia represented significant characteristics of the Mongolian (the yellow race). We have compared and analysed the altered with the normal crania in the Stone age in China and the altered crania of the American Indians, one is the combined pattern and the others are forehead patterns. The investigation demonstrates that Wusun people possessed social customs of transformation of cranium whlie altering cranium of forehead shape might be special of the patterns.
关键词
颅骨
形态学
改形颅骨
乌孙国
cranial morphological observations
Craniometry
altered crania
Wusun Country
Xinyuan County
Xinjiang
