Database E.3 Individual Records of Cranial Non-metric Variation in 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.3 contains non-metric observations (Cranial Non-metric Variation in 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

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

For variables with either right or left side designations, R (Right) or L (Left) precedes the variable name.

METOPISM = Metopic suture

0 = absent

1 = present

2 = trace only

3 = persistent on glabella

4 = horizontal ridge on glabella

5 = other

6 = horizontal and vertical

RFRONTGR/LFRONTGR = Frontal grooves

0 = absent

1 = present (one)

2 = present (multiple)

RSUPRORB/LSUPRORB = Supraorbital structure

0 = absent

1 = single foramen

2 = double foramen

3 = single notch

4 = double notch

5 = notch and foramen

6 = medially spurred notch

7 = laterally spurred notch

8 = medially and laterally spurred notch

RSPINTRO/LSPINTRO = Spina trochlea

0 = absent

1 = present

RINFRORB/LINFRORB = Infraorbital foramen

0 = absent

1 = single

2 = double

3 = divided

RZYGOFAC/LZYGOFAC = Zygo-facial foramen

0 = absent

1 = single

2 = double

3 = three or more

RINFORST/LINFORST = Infraorbital suture

0 = absent

1 = present

RETHMFOR/LETHMFOR = Multiple ethmoid foramina

0 = absent

1 = present

NASFRTST = Nasal-frontal suture

1 = rounded

2 = angled

3 = flattened

4 = omega

5 = irregular

NASBONSH = Nasal bone shape

1 = rectangular

2 = triangle

3 = hour-glass

4 = irregular

NASUTDFL = Nasal suture deflection

0 = none

1 = right

2 = left

3 = irregular

SUBNASAL = Subnasal

1 = sharp

2 = blurred

3 = groove

4 = sulcus

RMARGTUB/LMARTUB = Marginal tubercle

0 = none

1 = slight

2 = medium

3 = marked

PALTORUS = Palatine torus

0 = none

1 = slight mound

2 = medium mound

3 = marked mound

4 = ridge (narrow, long)

5 = lump (irregular)

6 = cleft palate

ROSJAPON/LOSJAPON = Os japonicum

0 = absent

1 = present

RMAXTOR/LMAXTOS = Maxillary torus

0 = absent

1 = lingual

2 = buccal

3 = lingual and buccal

RPTERYGO/LPTERYGO = Pterygo-spinous bridge

0 = absent

1 = basal bridging

2 = basal bridging and foramen

3 = spinous bridging

4 = spinous bridging and foramen

5 = basal and spinous bridging

6 = spino-basal bridging

ROVALSPN/LOVALSPN = Ovale-spinosum

1 = normal

2 = spinosum open

3 = ovale-spinosum confluence

4 = ovale enlarged

5 = divided ovale

6 = ovale open

7 = ovale and spinosum open

RANTCDYF/LANTCDYF = Anterior condylar canal

1 = single

2 = divided

3 = spurred

4 = double

5 = divided and spurred

RPSTCOND/LPSTCOND = Posterior condylar canal

0 = absent

1 = single

2 = double

3 = single spurred

4 = double spurred

PRECONDL = Precondylar process

0 = absent

1 = present

2 = slight tubercle bilaterally

3 = moderate tubercle bilaterally

4 = R+L-

5 = R-L-

6 = R+

7 = L+

8 = R-

9 = L-

JUGFORAS = Jugular foramen asymmetry

0 = R = L

1 = R > L

2 = R < L

PHARYFOS = Pharyngeal fossa

0 = absent

1 = present

OSSAPCAL = Ossified apical ligament

0 = absent

1 = slight

2 = medium

3 = marked

RPARMAST/LPARMAST = Paramastoid process

0 = absent

1 = present

RMASTSUT/LMASTSUT = Mastoid suture

0 = absent

1 = present

RMASUTEX/LMASUTEX = Mastoid foramen position

0 = none

1 = temporal bone

2 = occipital-mastoid suture

3 = occipital bone

4 = suture and temporal bone (2 foramina)

5 = suture and occipital bone

RCRIBRA/LCRIBRA = Cribra orbitalia

0 = absent

1 = present

2 = trace

RPARFOR/LPARFOR = Parietal foramen

0 = absent

1 = single

2 = double

3 = triple

4 = four or more

5 = on suture (median)

6 = single and suture

7 = double and suture

8 = triple and suture

9 = single but enlarged

RCORWORM/LCORWORM = Coronial wormian

0 = absent

1 = present

2 = two

3 = three

4 = four

5 = five

6 = six or more

BREGBONE = Bregmatic bone

0 = none

1 = bone

2 = bulge

3 = small wormian

SAGWORM = Sagittal wormian

0 = absent

1 = single

2 = two

3 = three

4 = four

5 = five

6 = six or more

RLAMDWOR/LLAMDWOR = Lambdoidal wormian

0 = absent

1 = single

2 = two

3 = three

4 = four

5 = five

6 = six or more

LMBDICBN = Lambdic ossicle

0 = absent

1 = wormian

2 = bone

3 = os inca

4 = 1/2 os inca

5 = tripartite os inca

6 = os inca and bone

7 = bipartite os inca

8 = trace

9 = 1/3 os inca

VAULTFRM = Vault form

1 = haus-form

2 = hay-rick

3 = round

4 = triangular

SAGKEEL = Sagittal keeling

0 = none

1 = slight

2 = medium

3 = marked

4 = slight groove

5 = medium groove

6 = marked groove

7 = anterior ridge and posterior depression

OCCIPFOR = Occiput form

1 = mound

2 = ridge

3 = inion

4 = mound and ridge

5 = mound and inion

6 = ridge and inion

7 = mound, ridge and inion

8 = bilateral ridge

SAGBRGDF = Sagittal-bregma deflection

0 = none

1 = right

2 = left

3 = irregular

RPTERION/LPTERION = Pterion

1 = H-form

2 = I-form

3 = X-form

4 = epipteric bone

5 = K-form

6 = multiple epiteric bones

7 = K-form and epipteric

8 = narrow H-form

RPARNOTH/LPARNOTH = Parietal notch

0 = none

1 = present

2 = bone

RASTERON/LASTERON = Asterionic wormian

0 = absent

1 = present

RTYMPTH/LTYMPTH = Tympanic thickening

0 = absent

1 = present

RTYMPNDH/LTYMPNDH = Tympanic dehiscence

0 = absent

1 = present

RTYMARFR/LTYMARFR = Tympanic marginal foramen

0 = absent

1 = present

RAUDEXOS/LAUDEXOS = Auditory exostoses

0 = absent

1 = present

RMANDTOR/LMANDTOR = Mandibular torus

0 = absent

1 = slight

2 = moderate

3 = marked

RMYLHYBR/LMYLHYBR = Mylohyoid bridge

0 = absent

1 = proximal bridge

2 = distal bridge

3 = complete

4 = spur

RMULMANF/LMULMANF = Multiple mandibular foramina

0 = absent

1 = present

RMULMENT/LMULMENT = Multiple mental foramina

0 = absent

1 = present

ROCKERJW = Rocker jaw

0 = none

1 = complete

2 = partial-anterior

3 = partial-posterior

CHINFORM = Chin form

1 = median point

2 = bilateral point

3 = median and angled inferiorly

4 = bilateral point and angled inferiorly

5 = median and bilateral point and angled inferiorly

6 = angled inferiorly

RRAMUS/LRAMUS = Ramus shape

1 = coronoid > condyle

2 = condyle > coronoid

3 = coronoid = condyle

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

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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