Database E.4 Individual Records of Measurements of Permanent Dentitions 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.4 contains metric observations (Measurements of Permanent Dentitions 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

SEX = Sex of individual

AGE

ADOL = Adolescent (15-20 years)

YG ADULT = Young Adult (20-35 years)

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

OLD = Old Adult (50+ years)

ADULT = Adult (20-50+ years)

SITE = Site of excavation

YEAREXAM = Year burial was examined

INSTCODE = Institution where burial was examined

UHM = University of Hawaii at Manoa

Diameters measured to the nearest tenth of a millimeter. Cross-sectional areas calculated by computer to two places to the right of the decimal point.

Each of the variables is composed of three parts:

First Part:

U = Upper; L = Lower

R = Right; L = Left

Second Part:

M3 = Third molar

M2 = Second molar

M1 = First molar

P4 = Fourth premolar

P3 = Third premolar

C = Canine

LI = Lateral incisor

CI = Central incisor

Third Part:

MD = Mesio-distal diameter

BL = Buccal-lingual diameter

CX = Cross-sectional area

Example: URM3MD is the upper right third molar mesio-distal diameter.

TS3 = Individual's tooth summary

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

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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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