Egyptian Skulls Dataset

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egyptianskulls.csv

Description

Anthropometry is the measurement and study of the physical proportions and functional capabilities of the human body. The name is derived from the Greek word anthros (“man”) and metron (“measure”). The contemporary field of ergonomics (also known as human factors) explicitly considers anthropometric principles in the design of many products, processes, and systems intended for use by people (e.g., clothing, furniture, medical devices, hand tools, keyboards, vehicles). There are many important applications in the area of safety, including construction of vehicle crash test dummies. Crime scene investigators, pathologists, historians, and forensic anthropologists also make extensive use of anthropometric measurements. The related term craniometry refers to measurements of the cranium (skull).

Variables

• maxbreadth: see image below (in mm)
• basibregmatic: see image below (in mm)
• basialveolar: see image below (in mm)
• nasalht: see image below (in mm)
• time1: years before or after 0 C.E.
• time2: time as categories
  • early predynastic period (circa 4000 BCE)
  • late predynastic period (circa 3300 BCE)
  • 12th and 13th dynasties (circa 1850 BCE)
  • Ptolemiac period (circa 200 BCE)
  • Roman period (circa 150 CE)

Rows: 150
Columns: 6
$ maxbreadth    <dbl> 131, 125, 131, 119, 136, 138, 139, 125, 131, 134, 129, 1…
$ basibregmatic <dbl> 138, 131, 132, 132, 143, 137, 130, 136, 134, 134, 138, 1…
$ basialveolar  <dbl> 89, 92, 99, 96, 100, 89, 108, 93, 102, 99, 95, 95, 109, …
$ nasalht       <dbl> 49, 48, 50, 44, 54, 56, 48, 48, 51, 51, 50, 53, 51, 50, …
$ time1         <dbl> -4000, -4000, -4000, -4000, -4000, -4000, -4000, -4000, …
$ time2         <chr> "BCE.4000", "BCE.4000", "BCE.4000", "BCE.4000", "BCE.400…

# A tibble: 6 × 6
  maxbreadth basibregmatic basialveolar nasalht time1 time2   
       <dbl>         <dbl>        <dbl>   <dbl> <dbl> <chr>   
1        131           138           89      49 -4000 BCE.4000
2        125           131           92      48 -4000 BCE.4000
3        131           132           99      50 -4000 BCE.4000
4        119           132           96      44 -4000 BCE.4000
5        136           143          100      54 -4000 BCE.4000
6        138           137           89      56 -4000 BCE.4000

References

Thomson, Arthur and Randall-MacIver, David. (1905). Ancient Races of the Thebaid. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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