关键词: 人类颅骨;体质特征;东亚蒙古人种;庙子沟遗址;新石器时代

Abstract: The Neolithic human skulls studied in this paper were excavated from Miaozigou site, Chayouqian Banner, Inner Mongolia. The cranial materials (8 males and 9 females) are all adult skulls (17-50 years of age). The author described the morphological features of Miaozigou crania in some details and discussed the problems concerning the racial relationship between the Miaozigou crania and other modern and ancient crania of Asiatic Mongoloids.
The physical characteristics of Miaozigou crania show that their racial type is mainly related to the modern Eastern Asiatic Mongoloids. In comparison with some ancient and modern crania, the Miaozigou crania are mostly similar to the crania of Yangshao Neolithic population crania, the Miaozigou crania arc mostly similar to the crania of Yangshao Neolithic population and the modern North Chinese crania.

Key words: Human skulls; Physical feature; Eastern Asiatic Mongoloids; Miaozigou Site; Neolithic age