Folia archeologica 39.

Viola T. Dobosi - Béla Jungbert - Árpád Ringer - István Vörös: Öskőkori telep Nadapon

34 Table 1. SPECIES AND TOPOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE ANIMAL BONE REMAINS FROM THE UPPER PALAEOLITHIC SETTLEMENT OF NADAP (NUMBER OF BONES AND INDIVIDUALS) Rescue excav. 1982 A Excavation 1985 B-D E F G H Homola 1987 Total PP I Equus germanicus 31 9 13 50 36 41 107 17 304 31 Equus sp. II. 1 1 1 3 5 4 E. (A.)cf. hydruntinus 1 2 2 Rangifer tarandus 1 1 3 5 4 Bison priscus 2 1 3 2 35 12 16 51 36 42 110 17 319 43 The form, indicated earlier as Equus sp.I. is well known in the Hungarian Upper Pleistocene.

9 This form can be identified with the E. germanicus (Nehring) of the Central European Upper Pleistocene. Equus sp. II. — 4 individuals, 5 pp Remains: 2 sin. and 1 dext. P

2; sin M

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2 and sin. M

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2. The finds were collected from the rescue excavation in 1982 and blocks A and H of the excavation in 1985. This equida form was found in Ságvár and Madaras аз well, although also in very small numbers. Its denticulation is characterized by very small teeth while the crown is especially worn down! Compared to the E. germanicus it seems to have had less hard and durable teeth; sometimes they are worn down to the root! The measurements of the teeth (see tables 2 and 3) fall nearly within the limits of those of the Asinidae, although they differ in regard to their long protocones. As a small Equida has also been found in the palaeolithic settlement in Nadap, the more exact species grouping of the Equus sp. II. remains will be possible after the collection and comparison of larger quantities of samples. Equus (Asinus) cf. hjdruntinus — 2 individuals, 2 remains Two remains of small Equida to date unknown from the Hungarian Upper Pleistocene were collected in the upper palaeolithic settlement of Nadap: a dext. scapula dist. frag, from block В of the excavations in 1985 (measurements: angulus artic.w: 50, facies artic.w: 40, facies artic. height: 32 mm); the square 2 of block E contained a sin P

2 (measurements: length 31 mm, width 20 mm, height 30 mm) (Tables 2, 3). The real Asinus hydruntinus is a typical small Equida of the Middle Pleistocene (it is richly represented in Dorog in Hungary for example).

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0 The small Equida remains were known from the Upper Pleistocene during the R/W and the early Würm periods.

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1 9 Vörös, I. 1982 54-56; Dobosi, V.- Vörös, I. 1989. 1

0 Jánossy, D .-Vörös, I. 1986. 1

1 Jánossy, D. 1979 121-139.