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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Comparison was carried out on the basis of the PENROSE-method (1954) by taking 12 measurements (MARTIN 1, 5, 8, 9, 17, 40, 45, 48, 51, 52, 54, 55). The mean-values calculated from the measurements of adults were utilized. The standardization of mean-values was carried out by the DEBETS' meansigma values. We have drawn into comparison 22 other series from the Avar-period (males and females were treated separately (Fig. 2). According to the generalized PENROSE-distance (D

2 ) the males of Toponár bear the closest resemblance to the males of Fészerlak. The series of Solymár, Vác-Kavicsbánya and Keszthely are similar to our series, too. Besides the male series of Csákberény, Szebény and Környe stand close to that of Fészerlak. The female series of Solymár and Toponár are highly similar to that of Fészerlak. The series of Keszthely, Vác-Kavicsbánya, Kékesd and Környe are also quite close. It can be concluded for both sexes that the series of Madaras, Üllő I and II, Tiszavasvári, Kecel, Szentes-Kaján, Alattyán-Tulát are the most distant ones. In summarizing the result of the comparative analysis we can state that the series of Fészerlak presents biological proximity to those series which are close geographically as well, namely, those of Transdanubia, among them first of all Toponár, Solymár, Vác-Kavicsbánya, Keszthely and Környe. The series of the Great Hungarian Plain show the least similarity to that of Fészerlak. Acknowledgement - The author wishes to express her gratitude to E. SZIMONOVA for the photoes and information surrendered concerning the finds. REFERENCES ACSÁDI, Gy. (1965): A középkori magyar halandóságra vonatkozó paleodemográfiai kutatások eredményei (Results of research on mortality in Middle Ages Hungary). - Tört Stat. Évkönyv (1963-64), 3-34. ALEKSEEV, V. P. & DEBETS, G. F. (1964): Kraniometriya. Metodika antropologicheskikh issledovanii. - Izd. Nauka, (Moskva), 128 pp. BÂTAI, E. (1952): A váchartváni avar temető csontvázleleteinek embertani vizsgálata {Le cimetière avar de Váchartyán). - Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung., 2: 213-224. DEBETS, G. F. & DURNOVO, Y. A. (1971): Long bones from eneolithic burial grounds in Turkmenia. - Sov. Etnog., 1: 26-35. (in Russian) ÉRY, K. (1966): The osteological data of the 9th century population of Ártánd. - Anthrop. hung., 7: 85-114. FARKAS, Gy. Í1972): Antropológiai praktikum I. fAnthropological practice I.] - Szeged: 28- 66. (Manuscript, in Hungarian) FERENCZ, M. (1981): Some data to the paleoanthropology of the Avar period's population in Hungary. - Anthrop. hung, (1980- 1981), U7: 23- 64. FERENCZ, M. (1983): The Avar-age cemetery at Solymár. - Anthrop. hung. (1982- 1983), 18: 9-41. LIPTÁK, P. (1954): Kecel-környéki avarok (Les Avares des environs de Kecel).- Biol, közl., 2: 159-180. LIPTÁK, P. (1955): Recherches anthropologiques sur les ossements avares des environs d'Üllő. - Acta arch, hung., 6: 231-316. LIPTÁK, P. (1957): Homokmégy-Halom avarkori népessége (La population de HomokmégyHalom dans l'époque des Avars). - Anthrop. közl., 4: 25-42, LIPTÁK, P. (19 65): On the taxonomic method in paleoanthropology (historical anthropology).Acta biol., 1 1: 1 69- 183. LIPTÁK, P, (1969): Embertan és emberszármazástan [Anthropology and human evolution].Tankönyvkiadó, Budapest, 284 pp. LIPTÁK, P. (1974): Anthropological analysis of the Avar period population of SzekszárdPalánkpuszta. - Acta biol., 20: 199-211. LIPTÁK, P. & MARCSIK, A. (1966): Szeged-Kundomb avarkori népességének embertani vizsgálata (Die anthropologische Untersuchung des Gräberfeldes SzegedKundomb aus der Awarenperiod). - Anthrop. közl., 10: 13-55.