契丹族是我国北方地区历史上一个古老的民族,于10～12世纪建立了统一而强大的辽国,是屈指可数的北方古代民族之一。关于契丹族的源流及其种族的构成问题,过去曾经有许多学者从历史、民族、语言、文化等角度入手,提出了许多见解,但关于体质人类学方面的研究却相对较少,而关于契丹皇族及贵族等上层统治阶级的人类学研 The Khitan family is an ancient nation in the history of northern China. It established a unified and powerful Liao nation from the 10th to the 12th centuries and is one of the few ancient northern peoples in the North. Regarding the origins of Khitan ethnic groups and the composition of their races, many scholars have put forward many opinions from the aspects of history, ethnicity, language and culture in the past, but there are relatively few studies on constitutional anthropology. However, Anthropology of royalty and aristocracy