对“白马藏族”族属的探寻

本文将‘白马藏族”、羌族、嘉戎藏族、红原与甘南安多藏旋共2261例活体测量所得17万个数据行数学处理,从73个指标中精选25个具显著意义的指标按性别行年龄分组,以马氏距离用“分组聚类法”在IBM—PC微机上进行聚类分析,结果表明“白马藏族”可能是一独立的民族,但与嘉戎藏族及羌族关系较为密切,推测它们可能有共同族源。

EXPLORATION OF THE RACIAL ATTRIBUTES OF ZANG NATIONALITIES

The present study was carried out to explore the relationship among the nationalities Baima Zang, Jiarong Zang and Anduo Zang through the mathematical treatment, by means of an electronic computer, of the anthro- pometric figures of 2258 young and middle-aged people in those national- ities, ranging in age from 18 to 55 inclusive. Through the cluster analysis of the kinship matrix of the national- ities, the authors have come to the conclusion that Baima Zang, though it exists as an independent nationality, may be traced to the same origin as Jiarong Zang and Qiang, but is different in descent from Anduo Zang, and Qiang and Di are presumably of the same origin. This conclusion is pre- liminary and remains to be confirmed by historical data.