Dr. T. Tóth szerk.: Studia historico-anthropologica (Anthropologia Hungarica 19. Budapest, 1986)
ANTHROPOLOGIA HUNGARICA XIX. 1986 p. 51-91 Complex anthropological analysis of the cemetery of the comitat center at Visegrád By I. PAP— É. SUS A (Received December 20, 1985) Abstract. A detailed anthropological, pathological and serological examination and comparative analysis of 208 individuals from the 11th-12th century cemetery of Visegrád (Várkert, Magyar Nemzeti Bank üdülő - Castle garden. National Bank holiday resort). With 19 tables, 6 plates and 21 figures. The examination of cemeteries brought to light in the North-Eastern Transdanubian region of Hungary (Great Danubian Bend) can play a significant role in the analysis of the ethnogenetic processes of Hungarians. Only one series - Esztergom-Vasútállomás (Railway station), a former miniers'village - was published from' anthropological aspect of this area.Hopefully the examination of the population buried in the church-yard of Visegrád will supply some further starting points for the biological reconstruction of the population which lived in this region. CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE EXCAVATION 11th-12th century graves were found in the process of the construction of the Hungarian National Bank's holiday resort in Visegrád (Comitat Pest) in 1966. The rescue excavation was directed by Mátyás SZŐKE. An 11th-12th century cemetery which was located around a church came to light with a total of 221 graves, bearing W-E, in 1972, 1974 and 1976- 1979 (Excavation reports by M. SZŐKE, Régészeti füzetek 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977- 1979). MATERIAL AND METHOD 223 individual skeletons were found in the 221 graves.Grave No. 151 turned out to be a Roman one. Grave No. 71 contained a double burial (a, b) and Grave No. 144 a triple one (a, b, c). We have no anthropological material from Graves No. 1-6 and 64, 133. The contents of Grave No. 11 were unsuitable for anthropological analysis while Grave No. 128 contained a mixture of bones. There were no human remains in 5 other graves (158, 165, 180, 190, 196). Altogether 208 very poorly preserved skeletons from the Arpad period were available for a more or less detailed analysis. The remains of 80 individuals' (57 males, 23 females) were suitable for metric examinations. 128 specimens proved to be unsuitable for measurements (Table 1). The anthropological material was delivered to and taken into inventory in the King Mathias Museum of Visegrád; to simplify matters, grave numbers are here used instead of inventory numbers. É. SU SA and T. VARGA carried out age and sex determinations and the evaluation of morphological characteristics, anatomical variations and pathological changes. É.SUSA took
