Database E.5b Individual Records of Pathological Conditions 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.5b contains non-metric observations (Pathological Conditions in 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.

Following each variable name, is the tooth designation:

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).

CAL = Calculus

0 = none

1 = slight

2 = moderate

3 = marked

RES = Resorption

0 = none

1 = slight

2 = moderate

3 = marked

ROLL = Rolled rim

0 = none

1 = slight

2 = moderate

3 = marked

HYPO = Hypoplasia

0 = absent

1 = slight

2 = moderate

[more detailed hypoplasia recordings in Database E.7]

CARI = Caries

0 = absent

1 = present [More detailed carious lesion recording in Database E.7]

ABC = Abscessing

0 = absent

1 = present

ATT = Attrition

0 = none

1 = enamel wear

2 = dentin exposed

3 = pulp exposure

4 = worn to the roots

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

Notes

General Note: All skeletons where examined at University of Hawai'i at Manoa in 1993.

General Note: Note: Although there are children listed no pathological conditions were scored for children.

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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