Database E.9 Individual Records of Infracranial Non-metric Variation in Adults and Adolescents

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.9 contains non-metric observations (Infracranial Non-metric Variation in Adults and Adolescents) 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

YEAREXAM = Year burial was examined

INSTCODE = Institution where burial was examined
UHM = University of Hawaii at Manoa

The last letter of each variable name signifies the side of the observation (L = left, R =right), if relevant.

STERNAPT = Sternal aperture
0 = absent
1 = present

COSTCLVR/COSTCLVL = Costo-clavicular sulcus
0 = absent
1 = present
2 = ridge

SUPCLFRR/SUPCLFRL = Supraclavicular foramen
0 = absent
1 = present

HUMFACR/HUMFACL = Humeral facet
0 = absent
1 = present

ACROMEPR/ACROMEPL = Unfused acromion epiphyses
0 = absent
1 = present

SUPSCAPR/SUPSCAPL = Suprascapular notch
0 = absent
1 = notch
2 = foramen
3 = spurred/notched
4 = large concavity

ACRMSHPR/ACRMSHPL = Acromion shape
1 = rectangular
2 = triangular
3 = sickle
4 = irregular

VERTBRDR/VERTBRDL = Vertebral border shape
1 = convex
2 = concave
3 = straight
4 = irregular

INFANGLR/INFANGLL = Inferior angle shape
1 = V
2 = blunt
3 = round

SUPTROHR/SUPTROHL = Humerus supratrochlear spur
0 = absent
1 = present

SEPTALR/SEPTALL = Septal aperture
0 = absent
1 = present

TROCHLR/TROCHLL = Trochlear notch shape
1 = continuous
2 = hour-glass (hg)
3 = discrete
4 = indent
5 = island
6 = island and hg
7 = discrete and hg
8 = indented and hg

HIPFACR/HIPFACL = Accessory hip and sacral facet
0 = absent
1 = present

ACETABR/ACETABL = Acetabulum morphology
0 = absent
1 = notch
2 = pit
3 = groove
4 = fold
5 = other

PRESULCR/PRESULCL = Preauricular sulcus
0 = absent
1 = groove of pregnancy
2 = groove of ligament

UNDVACER/UNDVACEL = Undeveloped acetabular rim
0 = absent
1 = present

PARTPITR/PARTPITL = Parturition pit
0 = absent
1 = small
2 = medium
3 = large

FOSSALLR/FOSSALLL = Fossa of Allen
0 = absent
1 = fossa
2 = porous
3 = ulcer
4 = plaque
5 = Poirier's facet
6 = Fossa and Poirier's
7 = Fossa and Poirier's and plaque

TRDTROCR/TRDTROCL = Third trochanter
0 = absent
1 = present
2 = ridge

FOVCAPR/FOVCAPL = Fovea capitis
0 = absent
1 = round
2 = oval
3 = triangular
4 = irregular

FEMBOWR/FEMBOWL = Femoral bowing
1 = straight
2 = slight
3 = medium
4 = marked

FEMNECKR/FEMNECKL = Anterior femoral neck torsion
0 = < 10 degrees
1 = 10-15 degrees
2 = 16-25 degrees
3 = > 25 degrees

VASFACR/VASFACL = Vastus facet
0 = absent
1 = present

VASNOTL/VASNOTR = Vastus notch
0 = absent
1 = present
2 = emarginate

PATSPURL/PATSPURR = Patellar spurs
0 = absent
1 = present

TIBBOWR/TIBBOWL = Tibial bowing
1 = straight
2 = slight
3 = moderate
4 = marked

ADSQUATR/ADSQUATL = Tibial squatting facet
0 = absent
1 = present

TALEXTR/TALEXTL = Talar extension
0 = absent
1 = medial extension
2 = lateral extension
3 = medial and lateral extension

TALSQTR/TALSQTL = Talar squatting facet
0 = absent
1 = medial facet
2 = lateral facet
3 = central (neck) facet
4 = medial and lateral facet
5 = medial and neck facet
6 = lateral and neck facet

CALFACR/CALFACL = Anterior calcaneal facet
1 = one
2 = two
3 = hour-glass

PERTUBR/PERTUBL = Peroneal tubercle
0 = absent
1 = present