Folia archeologica 37.
Zsuzsanna Zoffmann: A Tiszavalk-tetesi rézkori temető embertani anyaga
76 ISTVÁN VÖRÖS S. Bökönyi. His identifications are included in the grave descriptions 4 S. Bökönyi published a composite fauna list without consideration of the individual graves 5. The zoological investigations on the animal bone material from CA cemeteries and settlements excavated in the Great Hungarian Plain in the fifties are still unpublished". A part of the zoological materials from three big cemeteries of the Bodrogkereszturi culture excavated in the last few decades (Magyarhomorog-Kónyadomb, Tiszavalk-Kenderföldek and Tiszavalk-Tetes) has been identified; their documentation is included in the grave descirptions 7. The animal bone material of the eMCA cemetery Tiszavalk-Tetes may be found in the Archaeozoological Co'lection of the Hungarian National Museum 8. 1. BONE REMAINS OF THE FOOD DEPOSITS IN GRAVES Grave 1. — Contracted male (= M) skeleton lying on its right side, Ad. The NE and SW corners of the brave are disturbed 9. Behind the foot: Number of animal bone (Nr.), absent. — domestic Cattle costa fragm.; Sheep humerus, radius sin., pelvis, tibia fragm. sin. Nr 9. — Sheep 8 costae. The number of sheep remains is 12, Adults. Grave 2. — Contracted female (= F) skeleton lying on its left side, Ma.z 1". In large bowl Nr3.: Nr. 9. — Cattle radius sin. dist. epiph. fragm. Juv.; Sheep scapula (tuber scapulae unfused); radius (dist. epiph. unfused); olecranon (tuber olecranii unfused) dext.: femur dist (epiph. unfused); patella; tibia (prox. and dist. epiph. unfused); and a calcaneus (tuber calcanei unfesed) sin. There are 8 sheep remains from animal of 1 — 1,5 years old.; Pig metapodium diaph. (prox. and dist. epiph. unfused), from a 6 — 8 months old individual. Grave 3. — Contracted F skeleton lying on its left side 1 1. Under milkjug Nr 4.: Nr 4/1. — Sheep proc. spin, of vert, thorac.; 4. costae, scapula, humerus (prox. epiph. unfused, separated), radius (dist. epiph. unfused, separated), olecranon fr., sin.; pelvis fragm., femur (dist. epiph. unfused), tibia (prox. epiph. unfused, separated), astragalus, calcaneus sin. Behind the foot: Nr 10. — Sheep proc. spin, of vert, thorac., 3 costae, scapula, humerus (prox. epiph. unfused), radius, olecranon fragm., dext.; femur dist. diaph., tibia diaph. dext. There are 24 fragmentary sheep remains; 1,5—2 years old. 4 Bognár — Kutyán 1963, 33 — 231. The evaluation of the identified animal bone material 377-386. 5 Bökönyi 1959, 56., 59. 6 Bökönyi 1964. Adatok az Alföld korarézkorának gerinces faunájához (Data on the vertebrate fauna of the Great Hungarian Plain in the Early Copper Age) Manuscript. 7 Pat ay 1975, 1978a., 1978b. 8 Inv. Nr. : 77. 10. 1 - 124, 84.3.1. - 97. 9 Patay 1978a 22-23, Fig. 2., 2., Id., 1979 Fig. 19. I ü Patay 1978a 23, 26, Fig. 5. 1 1 Patay 1978a 27, 29, Fig. 6. 1 2 Patay 1978a 29, 32, Fig. 8.
