Database E.6 Individual Records of Non-metric Observations in Deciduous Dentitions in Children

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.6 contains non-metric observations (Deciduous Dentitions in Children) 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

AGEYR = Age of individuals 2 years and older. For individuals assigned a range of years the median year is given. Age ranges

are given in the individual burial descriptions, Appendix C.

AGEMO = Age of individual in months

1 = 0-3 months

2 = 3-6 months

3 = 6-9 months

4 = 9-12 months

5 = 12-18 months

6 = 18-24 months

7 = 9-18 months

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 deciduous dental arcade beginning with the upper left second molar to the upper right second molar and

then the lower left second molar to the lower right second molar.

Variables 7-26 record the 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., M2 = second 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 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

CAL = Calculus

0 = absent

1 = slight

2 = moderate

3 = marked

HYPO = Hypoplasia

0 = absent

1 = present

CARI = Caries

0 = absent

1 = present

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

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.

File Information