book chapter
Anthropometric observations on human skeletal remains
archaeology of Benin : excavations and other researches in and around Benin City, Nigeria • Oxford • Published In 1975 • Pages: 209-214
By: Arigbede, S. O..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author summarizes anthropometric data (measurements from some crania and femora) for skeletal remains from a mass burial. The information provided includes number of individuals, age, gender, height, and potential pathologies.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Anthropometry
- Composition of population
- Morbidity
- Burial practices and funerals
- Archaeological inventories
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- West African Regional Development
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2022
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1961-1964
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1200-1300 AD
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Feature 21, Cutting II, Clerks' Quarters, Benin City, Edo, Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- By S. O. Arigbede
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 76361982
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- West African Regional Development