Dr. T. Tóth szerk.: Studia historico-anthropologica (Anthropologia Hungarica 18. Budapest, 1983)
ANTHROPOLOGIA H UN G A R I C A XVIII. 1982-1983 p. 53—64 The elaboration of the anthropological material of the cemeteries Tímár I and Tímár II By I. PAP (Received August 19, 1983) Abstract. Elaboration of 46 individuals originating from the 10th century cemeteries of Tímár I and Tímár II (North-East Hungary). With 7 tables. The rescue excavations of the 10th century cemeteries, exposed during an earthwork carried out in the farmstead of the "Béke" co-operative of Tímár, took place as a part of the research project of the bailiff center of Szabolcs. 41 graves were rescued from an estimated 100-150 in the cemetery Tímár I and 6 graves from the almost completely destroyed cemetery Tímár II, which is about 150 metres to the south-west of the former (KOVÁCS 197 6). The anthropological material is registered under inventory numbers 71.9.1 -71.9. 25, 79.1.1 - 79.1.15 (cemetery No. I) and 71. 10. 1 - 71. 10. 6 (No. II) in the Anthropological Department of the Hungarian Natural History Museum. During examination the bone material of 46 individuals was treated from the material of the above-mentioned graves. There were 27 grown-ups (14 males, 13 females), 10 children and juveniles and 3 undeterminable individuals from the cemetery No. I. Owing to the bad preservation of the skulls only one male and two female skulls could be measured. Nevertheless I could analyse the secondary taxonomical characters still. From the material of 6 graves of the cemetery No. II only one male and one female cranium was suitable for measurement. I was able to investigate the postcranial skeletons of the 20 individuals (11 males, 9 females) from the cemetery Tímár I and the long bones of the 5 individuals (3 males, 2 females) from the cemetery Tímár II. I have identified the sex on the basis of the anatomical characters of the cranium and the skeleton. The age at the time of death was determined by considering the ossification of the sutures on the endo- and ectocranial surface of the cranium and the ossification of the epiphyses on the postcranial bones as well as the superficial change of thefacies symphyseos ossis pubis. In the case of children I have considered the eruption of permanent and deciduous teeth (FARKAS 1972). The metrical analysis was taken according to the MARTIN-technique (1928), special facial flatness data were taken according to the DEBETS & TÓTH method (in TÓTH 1958). I have used the ALEXEYEV-method (1966) in taking the measurements of postcranial skeleton. I applied the MARTIN and MANOUVRIER & VERNEAU index system of long bones (MARTIN 1928). I determined the stature and the weight according to DEBETS & DUERNOVO (1971), while the quadratic weight stature index according to DEBETS' method (in LOTTERHOF 197 8). The parameters and characteristics of the crania can be found in Tables 1 and 2, and those of postcranial skeletons in Tables 3-5. Some additional data of the measurable individuals are the following:
