Database E.8 Individual Records of Infracranial Measurements in Adults from Ban Chiang

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.8 contains metric observations (Infracranial Measurements in Adults from Ban Chiang) 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

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

The first letter in each variable is the side: R = right, L = left

All measurements recorded to the nearest millimeter

Clavicle

CLAVLNT = Left clavicle length

SAGDIAM = Sagittal diameter

VERDIAM = Left vertical diameter

MIDCIRM = Left mid-shaft circumference

Humerus

HUMLNTH = Humeral length

HUMAXD = Humeral midshaft maximum diameter

HUMIND = Humeral midshaft minimum diameter

EPICOND = Epicondylar breadth

MIDCRUM = Mid-shaft circumference

MAXSHFD = Maximum shaft diameter

MINSHFD = Minimum shaft diameter

MINCIRM = Minimum circumference

Radius

RADLNTH = Radius length

RADHDAM = Radial head diameter

SAGDAM = Sagittal diameter midshaft

TRANDAM = Transverse diameter midshaft

Ulna

ULNALNT = Ulnar length

DRVLDAM = Dorsovolar diameter

TRNDAM = Transverse diameter

PHYLNTH = Physiological length

MINCIRM = Minimum circumference at distal end

Femur

FEMLNTH = Femoral length

BICONLN = Bicondylar length

EPICONB = Epicondylar breadth

MAXHDAM = Maximum head diameter

SUBAP = Subtrochanteric anterior-posterior diameter

SUBTRAN = Subtrochanteric transverse diameter

FMIDAP = Anterior-posterior diameter midshaft

FMIDTR = Transverse diameter midshaft

CIRCUM = Midshaft circumference

Tibia

TIBLNTH = Tibial length

PRXEPIB = Proximal epiphyseal breadth

DISEPIB = Distal epiphyseal breadth

NUTAPD = Nutrient foramen anterior-posterior diameter

NUTRAND = Nutrient foramen transverse diameter

CIRNUT = Circumference nutrient foramen

MIDAP = Midshaft anterior-posterior diameter

MIDTRAN = Midshaft transverse diameter

MIDCERM = Midshaft circumference

Fibula

FIBLNTH = Fibular length

MIDIAM = Midshaft diameter

Patella

PATHT = Patellar height

PATWD = Patellar width

PATHK = Patella thickness

Calcaneus

CALNLNT = Calcaneal length

CALNBTH = Calcaneal breadth

Talus

TALUSL = Talar length

TALUSB = Talar breadth

Lumbar Vertebrae

LUM1POST -- LUM5POST = Lumbar vertebra 1-5 posterior height

LUM1ANT -- LUM5ANT = Lumbar vertebra 1-5 anterior height

Physiological Lengths

TIBSPIN = Maximum length of the tibia including the spine

RADPHYS = Physiological length of the radius

TIBPHYS = Physiological length of the tibia

The following are indices that were calculated by computer to four places to the right of the decimal point. During data conversion from mainframe to personal computer format, the indices were truncated to two places right of the decimal point--they were not arithmetically rounded.

Indices

The last letter is the side (R = right, L = left)

HUMDIA = Humeral diaphyseal index

HUMROB = Humeral robusticity index

RADHUM = Radial-humeral index

INTERM = Intermembral index

FEMROB = Femoral robusticity index

FEMHUM = Femoral-humeral index

TIBRAD = Tibial-radial index

TIBFEM = Tibial-femoral index

TIBTHK = Tibial thickness index

PLATYM = Platymeric index

PILAST = Pilastric index

PLATYCN = Platycnemic index

PATMOD = Patella module

LUMBAR1 = First lumbar vertebral index

LUMBAR2 = Second lumbar vertebral index

LUMBAR3 = Third lumbar vertebral index

LUMBAR4 = Fourth lumbar vertebral index

LUMBAR5 = Fifth lumbar vertebral index

LUMBVERT = Lumbar vertebral index

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

Repository(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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