Abstract

This dataset contains data from the analisys of 280 coxal bones of two coeval Italian samples from Bologna and Sassari, part of a large modern (19th-20th c.) documented human osteological collections (DHOCs) housed at the University of Bologna. Specifically, the sample is composed of 70 individuals (36 males and 34 females) coming from the Certosa Cemetery of Bologna (Emilia Romagna, Northern Italy) and 70 individuals (36 males and 34 females) from the Sassari cemetery (Sardinia). All individuals composing the sample are adults. The samples were analysed to evaluate sexual dimorphism within and between the Bologna and Sassari groups, and comparing the extent of sexual dimorphism between these samples by using nineteen metric variables of the coxal bone. The code developed to run the analysis is provided together with the data.