Abstract
Miomote is a deserted village which is located in the northern part of Niigata prefecture and isolated from other villages. TUBAKI, MURAYAMA, ONUKI and ODA visited there and studied the inhabitants from the standpoint of anthropology and philology in two occasions, 1952 and 1953.
A part of the results were published previously in the Japanese Journal of Ethnology, Vol, 22, No. 1, 2. Satisfactory anthropological observation and details of measurements could not be published yet. In the present article, all of the data obtained are presented and they are compared with data obtained from control groups, (other part of Miomote), Oguni in Yamagata prefecture, and Awashima which is an isolated island in Japan Sea.
Following results seem to be features of Miomote people and the similar features can be found only in Kinki area.
1) Only a few people are hairy, especially on the chin and chest.
2) According to PCCH's facial classification, a great number of people show Type IV, while people with Type I face are very few. In addition, there are a few with faces intermediate between Type I and Type IV.
3) Percentage of people who have the high cheek bones is very high.
4) Their occipital areas are mostly flat.
5) Most of male's eyelid are single (I4).
6) From the measurements observed, the degree of brachycephaly are completely different from those observed in neighbouring villages.
7) As for the physical characteristics, stature, length of lower extremties and chest circumference etc. are small. In other words, Miomote people have poorlybuilt bodies not like farmers who usually have strongly-built bodies.
