Dr. T. Tóth szerk.: Studia historico-anthropologica (Anthropologia Hungarica 10. Budapest, 1971)
Scientific work During the twenty-five years of existence of the Department , the scientific staff published extensively. For a considerable period, the elaboration of the various series of the osteological material was the preponderant activity. In compliance with archeological requests,attention was focussed on the evaluation of finds originating from the Avar Epochj the Conquest Period and the Árpádian Dynasty Epoch. In the course of work attempts were made to unify the morphometric and morphoscopic programs. Initially, the publication of the osteological material of a given cemetery was the main task, followed by attempts of comparisons with other series deriving from the Central Danubian Basin. Chiefly P. Lipták and S. Wenger studied systematically the great number of finds from the Avar Epoch; together with those from other periods and in view of the quantity of series of the diverse cemeteries, they have worked up, in accordance with a relatively unified program, the majority of the skeletal material (the historico-anthropological legacy of 1300 individuals each). It should further be noted that the basis of P. Lipták' s dissertation for his Academian candidacy, defended in Budapest, March, 1956, was based on the group of series preserved in our collection. The same holds for the dissertation (candidate of the Academy) of the present author, the thesis having been defended in the Anthropological Institute of the Lomonosov University, Moscow, in May, 1958. It is also worthy of note that K. Éry (Mrs. Kralovánszky) obtained her university doctor's degree by the elaboration of the material of a cemetery dating to the Conquest Period, and Gy. Dezső by that of a series Of the Scythian Period, in May, 1965. These series also compose a part of the Collections of the Department. S. Wenger obtained his university doctor's degree, at the University of Szeged, by evaluating one of the Avar Epoch series of the departmental collection in December, 1966. As regards the amount of the published series, the osteological material of about
