Research for Hisashi Fujita

E-mail: fujita@nbz.or.jp

        The research I am most interested in is the physical anthropology of the prehistoric and proto-historic Japanese.  My specific speciality has been in the area of dental caries (i.e. cavities) in the Jomon, Yayoi and Edo populations.  An understanding of oral health of a given population can provide insights into the dietary habits and indirectly the lifestyle of the population.

    My articles include:

Fujita, H. (1993).  Degree of dental attrition of the Kanenokuma Yayoi population.  Anthropological Science 101,291-300.

Fujita, H. (1995).  Geographical and chronological differences in dental caries in the Neolithic Jomon period of Japan.  Anthropological Science 103, 23-37.

Fujita, H. (1999).  Periodontal disease in the Jomon peoples of Japan.  Kodai: Journal of the Archaeological Society of Waseda University no. 107, 65-76.

Fujita, H. and Hirano, H. (1999).  Dental caries in older adults in Edo period, Japan.  Japanese Journal of Gerodontology 13, 175-182.  [In Japanese, English abstract]

Fujita, H., Suzuki, T., Ishiyama, N., Hirano, H., and Watanabe, I. (1994).  Distribution of dental caries cavities in the Neolithic Jomon population of Japan.  Japanese Journal of Oral Biology 36, 558-561.

Fujita, H., Suzuki, T., and Harihara, S. (1995). Two cases of taurodontism in prehistoric Japanese.  Japanese Journal of Oral Biology 37, 236-242.

Fujita, H., Suzuki, T., and Harihara, S. (1997).  Simultaneous dental anomalies (polyanomalodontia) in Medieval Japanese skeletal remains.  Japanese Journal of Oral Biology 39, 257-262.

Suzuki, T., Fujita, H., Narasaki, S., Kondo, O., and Adachi, K. (1993).  A Study of skeletal remains with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) from the Edo period, Japan.  Anthropological Science 101,273-290.

Suzuki, T., Kusumoto, A., Fujita, H., Shi, C. (1994).  The Fourth molar in a mandible found in a Jomon skeleton in Japan.  International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 5, 174-180.