Database E.10 Individual Records of Vertebral Non-metric Variation in Adults and Adolescents

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

AGE

ADOL = Adolescent (15-20 years)

YG ADULT = Young Adult (20-35 years)

MID AGED = 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

C = Cervical Vertebrae followed by # then side (R = right, L = left) then non-metric trait.

C1RFORTR/C1LFORTR = Foramen transversarium

0 = none

1 = single

2 = two foramina

3 = spur

4 = one foramen and spur

5 = incomplete

C1RLFOR = R:L foramen transversarium

0 = R = L

1 = R > L

2 = R < L

C1RBRIDG/C1LBRIDG = Bridge to articular facet

0 = none

1 = posterior

2 = posterior-incipient

3 = transverse

4 = transverse-incipient

5 = post-incipient and transverse-incipient

RATLBRG/LATLBRG = Atlas bridging

0 = none

1 = incomplete spur

2 = complete bridge

RCOSTAL/LCOSTAL = Incomplete costal bar

0 = absent

1 = present

C1SPINBF = Spina bifida

0 = absent

1 = present

2 = incipient spina bifida

3 = foramen through spine

C1RSFAC/C1LSFAC = Superior facet shape

1 = single

2 = double

3 = constricted

C2APICAL = Apical process of the dens

0 = absent

1 = present

C2RFORTR/C2LFORTR = Foramen transversarium

0 = none

1 = single

2 = two foramina

3 = spur

4 = one foramen and spur

5 = incomplete

C2RLFOR = R:L foramen transversarium

0 = R = L

1 = R > L

2 = R < L

C2SPINPR = Shape of spinous process

1 = single

2 = parallel

3 = divergent

C2SPINBF = Spina bifida

0 = absent

1 = present

2 = incipient spina bifida

3 = foramen through spine

C3RFOR/C4RFOR/C5RFOR/C6RFOR/C7RFOR = R Foramen transversarium

0 = none

1 = single

2 = two foramina

3 = spur

4 = one foramen and spur

5 = incomplete

C3LFOR/C4LFOR/C5LFOR/C6LFOR/C7LFOR = L Foramen transversarium

0 = none

1 = single

2 = two foramina

3 = spur

4 = one foramen and spur

5 = incomplete

C3RLFOR/C4RLFOR/C5RLFOR/C6RLFOR/C7RLFOR = R:L Foramen transversarium

0 = R = L

1 = R > L

2 = R < L

C3SPIN/C4SPIN/C5SPIN/C6SPIN/C7SPIN = Shape of spinous process

1 = single

2 = parallel

3 = divergent

C3SPINBF/C4SPINBF/C5SPINBF/C6SPINBF/C7SPINBF = Spina bifida

0 = absent

1 = present

2 = incipient spina bifida

3 = foramen through spine

Laminal spurring and spina bifida in the Thoracic and Lumbar Vertebrae

T#LAM = Thoracic laminal spurring

0 = absent

1 = present

T#SPINBF = Thoracic spina bifida

0 = absent

1 = present

2 = incipient spina bifida

3 = foramen through spine

L#LAM = Lumbar laminal spurring

0 = absent

1 = present

L#SPINBF = Lumbar spina bifida

0 = absent

1 = present

2 = incipient spina bifida

3 = foramen through spine

L#Spond = Lumbar spondylolysis

0 = absent (normal)

1 = complete separation

2 = hemi-separation, right

3 = hemi-separation, left

RMAMFOR1 -- LMAMFOR5 = Mammillary foramen, by side (R = right, L = left). Last number is number of vertebral body

0 = absent (normal)

1 = present

RL1TRNPR -- LL1TRNPR = First lumbar vertebral transverse process

0 = normal

1 = missing

2 = absent & facet

SACRL5 = Sacralization of L-5

0 = absent

1 = complete

2 = hemi-sacralization, right

3 = hemi-sacralization, left

LUMBARS1 = Lumbarization of sacrum

0 = absent

1 = complete

2 = hemi-lumbarization, right

3 = hemi-lumbarization, left

SUPSACHI = Superior sacral hiatus

0 = absent

1 = S1

2 = S1-S2

3 = S2

4 = S2-S3

5 = S3

INFSACHI = Inferior sacral hiatus

0 = absent

1 = S5

2 = S5-S4

3 = S4

4 = S4-S3

5 = S3

SACHIAT = Sacral hiatus

0 = absent

1 = present

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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