smsets (version 2.0.0)

skulls: Egyptian male skulls

Description

Measurements made on male skulls from the area of Thebes in Egypt. There are samples of 30 skulls from each of five periods: the Early Predynastic period (circa 4000 BC), the Late Predynastic period (circa 3300 BC), the 12th and 13th Dynasties (circa 1850 BC), the Ptolemaic period (circa 200 BC), and the Roman period (circa AD 150). Four measurements (mm) are available on each skull.

Usage

data(skulls)

Format

A data frame with 150 rows and 5 variables:

Period

A factor with five levels

Maximum_breadth

a numeric vector

Basibregmatic_height

a numeric vector

Basialveolar_length

a numeric vector

Nasal_height

a numeric vector

References

Thomson, A. and Randall-Maciver, P. (1905). Ancient Races of the Thebaid, Oxford University Press, Oxford, London.

Manly, B.F.J., Navarro Alberto, J.A. and Gerow, K. (2024) Multivariate Statistical Methods. A Primer. 5th Edition. Boca Raton, CRC Press.

Examples

data(skulls)
str(skulls)