Bone inventory concept¶

Initial meeting: 2024-12-09
Participants: Alex, Bernhard, Nina

Current approach would be to

• Add a new OpenAtlas class bone (CIDOC class E20 - human remains)
• Add a system type Bone inventory with defined categories
• Add a system (value) type Bone fragments which will be needed in some cases, e.g. Rib 3-10 L/R
• Add a system type Bone preservation with options:
  • "empty" - meaning the bone isn't available
  • undefined
  • less than 25 % preserved
  • 25-75 % preserved
  • 75-99 % preserved
  • 100% preserved

To discuss¶

• Is stratigraphic really a good "starting point"? What about skeletons found outside of graves?
• Structure: it would be a good, besides connecting entities to category types, to also connect them between with P46 (composed of)
  • What to do with in between categories? Is it ok to add all as entities, e.g. with "Inventory Teeth -> permanent -> Maxilla -> I1" or "Inventory Postcranium -> Postcranial skeleton -> Hand -> Carpals -> Scaphoid right"
  • If not, how we deal with that?

To do¶

• Design views for entering and viewing
• Build prototype
• Test with transformed THANADOS dataset

Create new entries¶

• Data can be entered in a "guided" way starting with a button at the tool view of stratigraphic units
• Most likely we split the categories into (not too big) groups for easier data entry
• Default of Bone preservation will be empty. If left empty, no entities for these will created
• Where needed the Bone fragments will be provided and entering a positive integer is required
• If a sub category is chosen, the main category must be entered too

Adding information¶

Once created it will be possible to add information in the detail view:

• Additional types (which can be added via the type hierarchy interface), e.g. diseases, dimensions, ...
• A description can be added (like with all other entities)

Analysis¶

• A percentage sum (average of the main categories percentages) will be shown e.g. at the stratigraphic tool view.
  • Are different parts weighted differently?