Dr. T. Tóth szerk.: Studia historico-anthropologica (Anthropologia Hungarica 18. Budapest, 1983)

ANTHROPOLOGIA HUNGARICA XVIII. 1982-1983 p. 65—74 Anthropological investigation of a postcranial series from the Arpadian age (Nagykőrös, Hungary) By I. PAP (Received December 1, 1983) Abstract. The author examines the postcranial material of the cemeteries of Nagykőrös (plain between the rivers Danube and Tisza). With 3 tables. In my previous paper I examined the cranial material of the cemeteries originating from the environs of Nagykőrös (PAP 1978-1979). The excavations were led by Béla BAL AN YI in 1958, 1959, 1960 and 1965. I think it is important to study and to publish the postcranial skeletons as well. MATERIAL AND METHOD Out of the excavated material, the long bones of 2 6 grown-ups were suitable for anthropological investigation. 15 of them are males and 11 are females. The material is moderately well preserved. I determined the age at the time of death by investigating the endo- and ectocranial ossification of suturae and epiphyses, the surface changing of the facies symphyseos ossispubis. In the determination of the sex I heavily relied upon both the cranial and postcranial characters (FARKAS 1972). In taking absolute measurements I followed the ALEXEYEV-technique (1966). The stature and the weight were calculated according to DEBETS & DTJERNOVO (1971), the quadratic weight-stature index was calculated as per DEBETS (in LOTTERHOF 1978). The stature and indices were classified according to MARTIN's and MANOUVRIER & VERNEAU's categories (MARTIN 1928, MARTIN & SALLER 1957). GENERAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS The parameters of long bones are given in Table 1, the individual measurements and indices of males in Table 2, and those of females in Table 3. Both sides of humeri of males are platybracher, those of females are eurybracher. Both sides of male humeri and the right female humeri are medially gracile. The left female humeri are gracile. The right radii are more gracile than the left ones both in males and females. The male ulnae are eurolen, the female ones are platolen. The right male and the left female ulnae are more gracile than the contralateral ulnae. The male femora are without pilaster those of female are with weak pilaster. Both sides of male and the right female femora are platymer, the left female ones are hyperplatymer. The left femora are more gracile than the right ones, both in males and females. The male and female tibiae are euryknem on both sides. The female tibiae are more round than the male ones. The tibiae of fe-