Dr. T. Tóth szerk.: Studia historico-anthropologica (Anthropologia Hungarica 10. Budapest, 1971)

The sex and age group data of the 33 individuals excavated from the cemetery are summarized in Table 1. The characteristics of the morphological and chemical sex and age group determinations As is to be seen from the values submitted in Table 1, the results of the two kinds (morphological and chemical) of sex determination coincided in 91 per cent in the case of adults,with a difference only for Graves 14 and VII. The sex of children cannot be identified morphologically so for, therefore the results of the chemical analysis are especially valuable. Por the control of this assessment of sex of his age group only the subject material found in the graves can be used. Prom this point of view, the identification as male of the 10-11 years old child reposing in Grave 4 is problematic, since the simple hair-ring, one on the right and the left sides of the skull,was primarily used by girls. Assuming that the determination of sex of the other children is correct, a 91 per cent coincidence is again obtained. The collation of the two methods to determine age is also worthy of note. Identical determinations were obtained in 46 per cent of the cases, while the different assessments show a definite shift in sex. In the estimation of age, a higher age obtained by the chemical method than by the morphological one (27 per cent of all cases, including also the children, and assuming that Graves 4 and VTI are female and Grave 14 a male) appeared in 67 per cent for the male s

,whereas a lower estimated age obtained by the chemical against the morphological one (27 per cent of all cases)was found in 78 per cent for the females. The number of cases is too small for a significance calculation of the apparent differences, but the phenomenon justly raises the question whether the various methods applied for the deter-