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Chapter 2
Report on the Osteological Assessment of the "Kennewick Man" Skeleton
Joseph F. Powell and Jerome C. Rose

Appendix I: Cranial Dimensions
(Use as key to Table 2)


  1. Max. Cranial length (GOL) 189.0   34. Malar Length, max (XML) 46.5
  2. Nasion-occipital length (NOL) 191.0   35. Malar subtense (MLS) 9.0
  3. Basion-nasion length (BNL) 113.0   36. Cheek Height, min (WMH) 24.0
  4. Basion-bregma height (BBH) 143.0   37. Supraorbital proj (SOS) 7.0
  5. Max. Cranial breadth (XCB) 140.0   38. Glabella proj (GLS) 3.0
  6. Min. frontal breadth (XFB) 110.0   39. Bistephanic breadth (STB) 99.0
  7. Min. cranial breadth (WFB) 96.0   40. Stephanic subtense (STS) ----
  8. Bizygomatic breadth (ZYB) ----   41. Frontal chord (FRC) 111.5
  9. Biauricular breadth (AUB) 128.0   42. Frontal subtense (FRS) 17.5
  10. Min. cranial breadth (WCB) 78.0   43. Frontal fraction (FRF) 52.0
  11. Biasterion breadth (ASB) 115.5   44. Parietal chord (PAC) 114.0
  12. Basion-prosthion (BPL) 113.5   45. Parietal subtense (PAS) 22.0
  13. Nasion-prosthion (NPL) 76.0   46. Parietal fraction (PAF) 58.0
  14. Nasal height (NLH) 55.0   47. Occipital chord (OCC) 108.5
  15. Bijugal breadth (JUB) 123.0   48. Occipital subtense (OCS) 26.0
  16. Nasal breadth (NLB) 25.0   49. Occipital fraction (OCF) 44.0
  17. External alveolar br (MAB) 66.0   50. Foramen magnum len (FOL) 41.0
  18. External alveolar len (MAL) 56.0   51. Foramen magnum br (FOB) ----
  19. Mastoid height (MDH) 33.0   52. Nasion radius(NAR) 103.0
  20. Mastoid breadth (MDB) 11.0   53. Subspinale radius (SSR) 111.7
  21. Orbit height, left (OBH) 36.9   54. Prosthion radius (PRR) 115.9
  22. Orbit breadth, left (OBB) 45.0   55. Dacryon radius (DKR) 95.8
  23. Interorbital breadth (DKB) 17.0   56. Zygoorbit radius (ZOR) 91.9
  24. Nasion-dacryon subt. (NDS) 9.5   57. Frontomalar radius (FMR) 88.4
  25. Simotic chord (WNB) 7.5   58. Ectoconch radius (EKR) 83.5
  26. Simotic subtense (SIS) 4.0   59. Zygomailla radius (ZMR) 86.7
  27. Bimaxillary breadth (ZMB) 102.0   60. M1 alveolus radius (ZMR) ----
  28. Zygo-max subtense (SSS) 29.0   61. Bregma radius (BRR) 123.1
  29. Bifrontal breadth (FMB) 106.5   62. Vertex radius (BRR) 124.3
  30. Nasio-frontal subt. (NAS) 16.5   63. Lamba radius (LAR) 116.6
  31. Biorbital breadth (EKB) 105.0   64. Opisthion radius (OSR) 44.7
  32. Dacryon subtense (DKS) 13.0   65. Basion radius (BAR) 17.5
  33. Malar length, inf (IML) 32.5      
         

 

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