Material report: The human skeletal remains excavated from the Yurakucho 1-chome site of the Muromachi period

摘要

This material report focuses on the morphological descriptions of the human skeletal remains unearthed from the Yurakucho 1-chome site. Six individuals were excavated in situ from the layer of the Muromachi period, and almost all the human skeletal remains belonging to this period had been dug up without any archaeological context in the Tokyo. They have unique characteristics, such as osteochondritis dissecans in a knee joint, disuse atrophy in left arm bones, and hands transfixed into the ground with a wooden pile. The information on the skeletal remains of this site is very valuable and a unique example of the burial system in the Muromachi period.