：The human skulls described in this paper were collected from the stone cemetery at south mount,Shihezi city,the age of which is roughly the Warring States period to Western Han Dynasty.Among the 7 skulls examined,4 ...：The human skulls described in this paper were collected from the stone cemetery at south mount,Shihezi city,the age of which is roughly the Warring States period to Western Han Dynasty.Among the 7 skulls examined,4 belong to males and 3 to females.Based on morphological observation and typological classification,the main conclusions are introduced as follows: In morphology,these skulls show obvious homogeneity,all belonging to europoid.Their common morphological characteristics are:brachycrany,thick skulls,strong projection of arcus superciliaris and glabella projection,high and middle wide face,middle degree projection of upper part in transverse plane,middle or deep degree of fossa canina,chamaeconchy,leptorrhiiny,wide and high spina nasalis anteriors,lower edge of apertura piriformis being Typisch anthropine Form.The overall morphology is close to the Central Asia-Tigris-Euphrates River typlolgy of Europoid in character,only No.2 skull has part of factors of Mongoloid.Compared to male skulls,the cranial shapes of female are longer,orbit shapes being higher and the projective degree of upper face in transverse plane being a litter more intensive.These facts indicate that the female skulls have some similar characters to not only Central Asia-Tigris-Euphrates River typology,but Mediterranean typology as well. A comparative study in cranial and facial character shows that the Shihezi group resembles early Saka and Wusun group in Tianshan Mountain area,Saka and Wusun group in Alai area,Zhaosu group and Alagou Ⅲ group,all of which belong to Central Asia-Tigirs-Euphrates River typology,characterized by brachycrany. Considering the archaeological character of Nanshan stone cemetery and historical documents,it is reasonably supposed that the skeletons in Nanshan cemetery,Shihezi city,have close relation with ancient Wusun,Jushi in eastern and northern part of Xinjiang area.展开更多
文摘：The human skulls described in this paper were collected from the stone cemetery at south mount,Shihezi city,the age of which is roughly the Warring States period to Western Han Dynasty.Among the 7 skulls examined,4 belong to males and 3 to females.Based on morphological observation and typological classification,the main conclusions are introduced as follows: In morphology,these skulls show obvious homogeneity,all belonging to europoid.Their common morphological characteristics are:brachycrany,thick skulls,strong projection of arcus superciliaris and glabella projection,high and middle wide face,middle degree projection of upper part in transverse plane,middle or deep degree of fossa canina,chamaeconchy,leptorrhiiny,wide and high spina nasalis anteriors,lower edge of apertura piriformis being Typisch anthropine Form.The overall morphology is close to the Central Asia-Tigris-Euphrates River typlolgy of Europoid in character,only No.2 skull has part of factors of Mongoloid.Compared to male skulls,the cranial shapes of female are longer,orbit shapes being higher and the projective degree of upper face in transverse plane being a litter more intensive.These facts indicate that the female skulls have some similar characters to not only Central Asia-Tigris-Euphrates River typology,but Mediterranean typology as well. A comparative study in cranial and facial character shows that the Shihezi group resembles early Saka and Wusun group in Tianshan Mountain area,Saka and Wusun group in Alai area,Zhaosu group and Alagou Ⅲ group,all of which belong to Central Asia-Tigirs-Euphrates River typology,characterized by brachycrany. Considering the archaeological character of Nanshan stone cemetery and historical documents,it is reasonably supposed that the skeletons in Nanshan cemetery,Shihezi city,have close relation with ancient Wusun,Jushi in eastern and northern part of Xinjiang area.
