Database E.8 Individual Records of Infracranial Measurements in Adults from Ban Chiang

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.8 contains metric observations (Infracranial Measurements in Adults from Ban Chiang) 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
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 first letter in each variable is the side: R = right, L = left

All measurements recorded to the nearest millimeter

Clavicle
CLAVLNT = Left clavicle length
SAGDIAM = Sagittal diameter
VERDIAM = Left vertical diameter
MIDCIRM = Left mid-shaft circumference

Humerus
HUMLNTH = Humeral length
HUMAXD = Humeral midshaft maximum diameter
HUMIND = Humeral midshaft minimum diameter
EPICOND = Epicondylar breadth
MIDCRUM = Mid-shaft circumference
MAXSHFD = Maximum shaft diameter
MINSHFD = Minimum shaft diameter
MINCIRM = Minimum circumference

Radius
RADLNTH = Radius length
RADHDAM = Radial head diameter
SAGDAM = Sagittal diameter midshaft
TRANDAM = Transverse diameter midshaft

Ulna
ULNALNT = Ulnar length
DRVLDAM = Dorsovolar diameter
TRNDAM = Transverse diameter
PHYLNTH = Physiological length
MINCIRM = Minimum circumference at distal end

Femur
FEMLNTH = Femoral length
BICONLN = Bicondylar length
EPICONB = Epicondylar breadth
MAXHDAM = Maximum head diameter
SUBAP = Subtrochanteric anterior-posterior diameter
SUBTRAN = Subtrochanteric transverse diameter
FMIDAP = Anterior-posterior diameter midshaft
FMIDTR = Transverse diameter midshaft
CIRCUM = Midshaft circumference

Tibia
TIBLNTH = Tibial length
PRXEPIB = Proximal epiphyseal breadth
DISEPIB = Distal epiphyseal breadth
NUTAPD = Nutrient foramen anterior-posterior diameter
NUTRAND = Nutrient foramen transverse diameter
CIRNUT = Circumference nutrient foramen
MIDAP = Midshaft anterior-posterior diameter
MIDTRAN = Midshaft transverse diameter
MIDCERM = Midshaft circumference

Fibula
FIBLNTH = Fibular length
MIDIAM = Midshaft diameter

Patella
PATHT = Patellar height
PATWD = Patellar width
PATHK = Patella thickness

Calcaneus
CALNLNT = Calcaneal length
CALNBTH = Calcaneal breadth

Talus
TALUSL = Talar length
TALUSB = Talar breadth

Lumbar Vertebrae
LUM1POST -- LUM5POST = Lumbar vertebra 1-5 posterior height
LUM1ANT -- LUM5ANT = Lumbar vertebra 1-5 anterior height

Physiological Lengths
TIBSPIN = Maximum length of the tibia including the spine
RADPHYS = Physiological length of the radius
TIBPHYS = Physiological length of the tibia

The following are indices that were calculated by computer to four places to the right of the decimal point. During data conversion from mainframe to personal computer format, the indices were truncated to two places right of the decimal point--they were not arithmetically rounded.

Indices
The last letter is the side (R = right, L = left)
HUMDIA = Humeral diaphyseal index
HUMROB = Humeral robusticity index
RADHUM = Radial-humeral index
INTERM = Intermembral index
FEMROB = Femoral robusticity index
FEMHUM = Femoral-humeral index
TIBRAD = Tibial-radial index
TIBFEM = Tibial-femoral index
TIBTHK = Tibial thickness index
PLATYM = Platymeric index
PILAST = Pilastric index
PLATYCN = Platycnemic index
PATMOD = Patella module
LUMBAR1 = First lumbar vertebral index
LUMBAR2 = Second lumbar vertebral index
LUMBAR3 = Third lumbar vertebral index
LUMBAR4 = Fourth lumbar vertebral index
LUMBAR5 = Fifth lumbar vertebral index
LUMBVERT = Lumbar vertebral index