Database E.5a Individual Records of Non-metric Observations in Permanent Dentitions in Children, Adolescents, and Adults

Summary

This database is part of Appendix E, from Ban Chiang, a Prehistoric Village Site in Northeast Thailand, Volume 1: The Human Skeletal Remains (tDAR ID #: 376592). Database E.5a contains non-metric observations (Permanent Dentitions in Children, Adolescents, and Adults) by individual burial excavated from the BC and BCES locales at Ban Chiang, Thailand.

Coding information is pasted at the bottom of this abstract, and can also be downloaded as a .txt document at tDAR ID#:

SPECID = Individual Burial Number

First number is excavation locale

1 = BC, 1974 excavation

2 = BCES, 1975 excavation

followed by two spaces and then the burial identification number.

Example: 1 14 is BC Burial 14

AGE

CHILD = < 15 years

ADOL = Adolescent (15-20 years)

YG ADULT = Young Adult (20-35 years)

MIDAGED = Middle-aged Adult (35-50 years)

OLD = Old Adult (50+ years)

ADULT = Adult (20-50+ years)

SEX = Sex of individual

SITE = Site of excavation

YEAREXAM = Year burial was examined

INSTCODE = Institution where burial was examined

UHM = University of Hawaii at Manoa

These data follow the dental arcade beginning with the upper left third molar to the upper right third molar and then the lower left

third molar to the lower right third molar.

Variables 7-38 record tooth presence:

The first letter is the jaw location U = upper, L = lower;

The second letter is the side R = right, L = left;

The last letters are the tooth (e.g., M3 = third molar).

1 = present

2 = postmortem loss

3 = premortem loss

4 = roots

5 = evulsed

6 = agenesis

7 = unerupted

8 = erupting

9 = impacted

ULI2SS--LRI2SS = Shovel-shaped incisors

0 = absent

1 = slight

2 = moderate

3 = marked

PEG = Peg-shaped tooth

0 = absent

1 = present

EE = Enamel extensions of the premolars and molars

0 = absent

1 = present

PROT = Protostylid cusp scored on the lower molars

0 = absent

1 = present

CAR = Carabelli's cusp scored on the upper molars

0 = absent

1 = present

CUSP = Cusp pattern in the molars:

Maxillary

0 = 3-

1 = 3

2 = 3+

3 = 4-

4 = 4

5 = 4+

6 = wrinkled

Mandible

0 = +4

1 = Y4

2 = +5

3 = Y5

4 = wrinkled

5 = +4 & wrinkled

6 = Y4 & wrinkled

7 = +5 & wrinkled

8 = Y5 & wrinkled

WNG = Winging

1 = bilateral

2 = unilateral

3 = straight

4 = counter-winging

BET = Dental staining

0 = none

1 = present

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Keywords

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: -2100 to 200

Spatial Coverage

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): University of Hawai'i Department of Anthropology

Source Collections

The complete collection of Ban Chiang Skeletal remains and original data collection forms are currently curated at the University of Hawai'i Department of Anthropology. The skeletal collection will eventually be returned to Thailand.

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