宁夏海原石砚子墓地人骨研究

The Study of the Human Bones Unearthed at the Shiyanzi Cemetery in Haiyuan, Ningxia

本文对海原石砚子墓地的颅骨标本进行了观察和测量,我们认为石砚子居民总体的颅面部形态与现代北亚蒙古人种较为相似,但在个别特征表现上又明显与之有别,显示出混合型的体质特点,推测是该地区早期游牧人群与中原移民高度融合的结果。我们在石砚子M12中的1例成年男性个体的颅骨上发现有大面积不规则形的骨质破坏,推测应系由颅骨转移癌所致。

Through the observation and measurement to the human skulls unearthed at the Shiyanzi Cemetery in Haiyuan, this paper revealed that the general craniofacial features of the Shiyanzi residents are similar to that of the modern North Asiatic Mongoloids, but also have obvious differences in some characteristics, which is estimated to be the result of the profound fusion of the early nomadic people in this area and the immigrants from the Central Plains. On the skull of an adult male individual found in tomb M12 of the Shiyanzi Cemetery, large sized irregular bone destruction is found, which is estimated to be caused by skull metastasis.