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1969) taxonomical system. Stature was determined by MANOUVRIER' method (1892) (according to the tables of M OL LI SON 1938) and by the method of BREITINGER (1938) and BACH (1965). The remnants of 31 individuals were collected in the process of a rescue excavation. There could be found skeletal bones beside skulls in 16 cases. There were 11 individuals represented only by their skulls and 4 individuals with only some skeletal material (Table 1). The series brought to light contains 1 Infans I (3.2%) and 1 Infans II (3.2%) age-group children. The number of individuals falling into the age-group Juvenis is 3 (9.7%). Males and females were found in equal numbers (13-13, 41. 9%-41. 9%). The ratio of males whodied in adult and in mature ages is the same, 46.2%. 1 Individual survived to achieve the Senium age (7. Tjo). 9 females died as adults (69. 2%) and 4 females in the mature age (30. 8%). As the series is presumably incomplete we cannot draw demographical conclusions. There are 27 crania in the series, 10 being male ones, 12 females and 5 are of undetermined sex (children and juvenile ones). 8 male and 8 female skulls are presented in the detailed metric analysis. The morphoscopic analysis was carried out on the fragmentary skulls, too (Table 2). I had postcranial rnaterial at my disposal for 20 cases. Inadequate collecting work and poor, fragmented preservation can be well illustrated by the fact that I could take up measurements necessary for stature calculation only on the remains of 5 individuals (4 males and 1 female). While this female skeleton was found with a similarly intact skull, the male skeletons were found with fragmentary skulls. I have given the mean-values of individual measurements (Tables 3 and 4) in spite of the small number of cases to facilitate comparison to other Avar-period series. Considering averages, male brain-cases are medium long, wide and medium high. By the indices these are mesocranic, chameocranic

, metriocranic and metriometop. Females are characterized by their medium long, medium wide, medium high braincases according to calculated mean-values (with considerable standard deviation). According to the indices female brain-cases are dolichocranic, hypsicranic, acrocranic (as a result of the presence of one hyperacrocranial skull beside tapeinocranic and metriocanic ones) and metriometop). The male skull circumference in norma verticalis is sphenoid except one case which is byrsoid. Glabella degrees 4 and 5 is according to Broca. Arcus superciliaris is strong, pronounced. Protuberantia occipitalis externa is medially and strongly developed. Processus mastoideus is markedly developed in most cases. On the lower edge of apertúra piriformis fossa praenasalis can be observed in two cases and sulcus praenasalis in one case. On the other skulls this region was fragmented. Spina nasalis anterior was broken down on twothirds of the skulls, those possible to evaluate are medially developed. The region of fossa canina could be studied on half of all the skulls. Half of the cases presented filled up or very shallow fossae caninae while the other half of them displayed very deep ones. Because the facial region is frequently fragmentary, alveolar prognathism could be evaluated only on two skulls and these had a moderate form. Abrasion of teeth is most frequently medium, in a small number of cases marked. The female skull circumference in norma verticalis is byrsoid in the great majority and sphenoid. Glabella and arcus superciliaris are weak. Protuberantia occipitalis externa could be analysed in two cases. It was weak on one of the skulls while expressedly strong on the other one. Processus mastoideus is small. Intact apertúra piriformis could be found on 4 skulls, sulcus praenasalis could be seen on 3 of them and fossa praenasalis on 1. Fossa canina is generally shallow and of medium depth. The alveolar region was intact on one skull and I found it to be vertical. Abrasion is less pronounced than that of the males,mostly moderate and medium degree (Table 5). On the average, male stature is small medium according to Manouvrier' s method and GENERAL CHARACTERIZATION ANTHROPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS