This SALB_Readme.txt file was generated on 2020-07-17 by KYRA E STULL GENERAL INFORMATION 1. Title of Dataset: South African Long Bone Database (SALB) 2. Author Information A. Principal Investigator Contact Information Name: Kyra E Stull, PhD, D-ABFA Institution: University of Nevada, Reno Address: 1664 North Virginia Street, Stop 0096, Reno, NV, 89557 Email: kstull@unr.edu 3. Date of data collection: 2011 - 2014 4. Geographic location of data collection: Cape Town, South Africa SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION 1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: NA 2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: Stull, K. E., L’Abbé, E. N., & Ousley, S. D. (2014). Using multivariate adaptive regression splines to estimate subadult age from diaphyseal dimensions. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol., 154(3), 376–386. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22522 Stull, K., L’Abbe, E., & Ousley, S. (2017). Subadult Sex Estimation from Diaphyseal Dimensions. Am J Phys Anthropol, 163(1), 64–74. https:// doi.org/0.1002/ajpa.23185 Cardoso, H., Spake, L., Wasterlain, S. N., & Ferreira, M. T. (2019). The impact of social experiences of physical and structural violence on the growth of African enslaved children recovered from Lagos, Portugal (15th-17th centuries). American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 168(1), 209–221. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23741 3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: https://kyrastull.weebly.com 4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: Contact Dr. Stull 5. Was data derived from another source? No 6. Recommended citation for this dataset: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22522 DATA & FILE OVERVIEW 1. File List: `salb-short-kestull.csv` contains demographic (age, sex, ancestry) and diaphyseal dimensions of 1310 South African children. 2. Relationship between files, if important: NA 3. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: The final sample is comprised of data collected from two distinct institutions, the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital (87%) and the Salt River Forensic Pathology Services (13%). The current dataset does not include the institution location, but it can be made available upon request. 4. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? no A. If yes, name of file(s) that was updated: i. Why was the file updated? ii. When was the file updated? METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION 1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: See https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22522 for a full detail on data collection of diaphyseal dimensions. See https://doi.org/10.1002/ca.22225 for a full description of the distortion/lack of distortion in Lodox Statscan radiographic images. The original dissertation (http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40263) has additional information on the sample and the methods. 2. Methods for processing the data: Only raw measurement data (in mm) is included in the SALB database. See DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: salb-short-kestull.csv 1. Number of variables: 22 variables 2. Number of cases/rows: 1310 rows x 23 columns 3. Variable List: cat_num = randomly generated identification number sex: M = male; F = female ancestry: b = black; c = coloured; w = white age_y: age in years, value was derived from date of death and date of birth or date of imaging and date of birth h_mxl: humerus diaphyseal length h_pb: humerus proximal breadth h_db: hummers distal breadth h_msb: humerus mineshaft breadth u_mxl: ulna diaphyseal length u_msb: ulna mineshaft breadth r_mxl: radius diaphyseal length r_pb: radius proximal breadth r_db: radius distal breadth r_msb: radius midshaft breadth f_mxl: femur diaphyseal length f_bcl: femur bicondylar length f_db: femur distal breadth f_msb: femur mineshaft breadth t_mxl: tibia diaphyseal length t_pb: tiba proximal breadth t_db: tibia distal breadth t_msb: tibia mineshaft breadth fb_mxl: fibula diaphyseal length 4. Missing data codes: NA