"Table","Field","Code","Description"
"Records","Age","(other)","Tooth wear codes as in Mandible table - see below"
"Records","Age","A","Adult"
"Records","Age","F","Foetal/neonatal"
"Records","Age","J","Juvenile"
"Records","Age","N","Tooth unerupted (e.g. pig molar crowns)"
"Records","Age","U","Tooth unworn"
"Records","Age","W","Tooth in wear"
"Records","Age","X","Not known (default)"
"Mandible","all","A","Tooth absent, alveolus present"
"Mandible","all","B","Tooth present, broken"
"Mandible","all","H","Tooth absent, alveolus healing/healed"
"Mandible","all","O (letter)","No trace of tooth or alveolus"
"Mandible","all","X","No observation because that part of mandible is missing"
"Records","Condition","0","Greasy, no cracking or flaking, possibly soft tissue still attached…. (Lyman 1994:355)"
"Records","Condition","1","Cracking parallel to fibre structure, articular surfaces perhaps with mosaic cracking…"
"Records","Condition","2","Flaking of outer surface, cracks present, crack edge angular…"
"Records","Condition","3","Rough homogenously altered compact bone resulting in fibrous texture..crack edges rounded…"
"Records","Condition","4","Coarsely fibrous & rough surface, splinters of bone loose on surface…open cracks"
"Records","Condition","5","Bone falling apart in situ, large splinters, bone very fragile"
"Records","Condition","X","No observation (default)"
"Records","Distal","B","Distal epiphysis unfused, epiphysis and metaphysis present (=U)"
"Records","Distal","E","Distal epiphysis unfused, epiphysis only present (=U)"
"Records","Distal","F","Distal epiphysis fused"
"Records","Distal","U","Distal epiphysis unfused, epiphysis absent"
"Records","Distal","V","Distal epiphysis fused, fusion line visible (=F)"
"Records","Distal","X","Not known (default)"
"Mandible","dpm2-4","all","Deciduous premolars"
"Mandible","dpm2-4","N","Not erupted"
"Mandible","dpm2-4","W","In wear"
"Mandible","M1-3","all","Permanent molars"
"Mandible","PM4","all","Permanent fourth premolar"
"Mandible","PM4,M1-3","a-o","Tooth wear stages as in Grant 1982"
"Mandible","PM4,M1-3","C","Perforation in crypt visible (as in Grant 1982)"
"Mandible","PM4,M1-3","E","Tooth erupting through bone"
"Mandible","PM4,M1-3","S","(=1/2 in original coding) Tooth half erupted"
"Mandible","PM4,M1-3","U","Tooth almost at full height but unworn"
"Mandible","PM4,M1-3","V","Tooth visble in crypt but below head of bone"
"Records","Proximal","B","Proximal epiphysis unfused, epiphysis and metaphysis present (=U)"
"Records","Proximal","E","Proximal epiphysis unfused, epiphysis only present (=U)"
"Records","Proximal","F","Proximal epiphysis fused"
"Records","Proximal","U","Proximal epiphysis unfused, epiphysis absent"
"Records","Proximal","V","Proximal epiphysis fused, fusion line visible (=F)"
"Records","Proximal","X","Not known (default)"
"Records","Sex","C","Castrate"
"Records","Sex","F","Female"
"Records","Sex","M","Male"
"Records","Sex","X","Not known (default)"
"Records","Side","B","Both sides, for midline elements"
"Records","Side","L","Left side of body, or limb for paired phalanges"
"Records","Side","R","Right side of body, or limb for paired phalanges"
"Records","Side","X","Not known (default)"
"Records","Surface","A","Abrasion (due e.g. to trampling, water, sand)"
"Records","Surface","E","Erosion (probably chemical, e.g. acid erosion in dog digestive tract)"
"Records","Surface","P","Polish"
"Records","Surface","R","Rootlet etching"
"Records","Surface","S","Stained"
"Records","Surface","W","Weathered (on one side unless otherwise noted)"
"Records","Surface","X","No observation (default)"