Folia archeologica 45.
Hargita Oravecz: Újkőkori temetkezések Tiszalúc-Sarkadon
NF.OI.rmir. HUMAN REMAINS 65 Table 2 - Main cranial indices Martin B-9 B-13 B-5 no male male female 8/1 76,8 69,2 77.6? 17/1 17/8 20/1 63.8? 61.0 65.6 20/8 83.1? 88,2 84.5 9/8 71.8 74,8 69.0 47/45 48/45 52/51 d 79,5 54/55 53,9? 61/60 124.5 63/62 — — — Grave B-13 - 42-47years old male The sphenoid, house-shaped cranium is very long, narrow and high, hyperdolicho-chamae-hyperacrocran; the wide forehead is hypereurymetop. The facial part of the skull is fragmentary, but was probably high-leptomorph. The orbita is chamaekonch, the nose has a chamaerrnin index. - The body height estimated from the skeletal bones is high, medio-high. - The strong torus palatinus can be mentioned as the only anatomical variation. - Pathological deformations can be seen on the bones of both upper limbs: a status post fracturam on the lower third of the right ulna (the bone is thickened at the place of the fracture, but without traces of inflammation), while arthrosis deformans could be noted on the left elbow joint (the surface of the trochlea humeri shows eburnation, the processus coronoideus ulnae is widened). No traces of caries could be noted on the 28 preserved teeth, but a cyst can be seen on the root of the right upper canine, while of the left lower PM 1 only the stump of the root has survived. All four upper incisors are missing, the alveolar resorption on their places is complete without any trace of inflammation. Dental wear is of degree of 2. Evaluation The distribution according to sex and age of the human remains is uneven. The sexual disproportion (three males and one female) can be attributed to the incompleteness of the series, similarly to the lack of young adultus. However, the number of children of the Inf. I. age group is conspiciously high, especially in view of the human remains from grave B-l 2 which disintegrated but which were also defined as belonging to a newborn, this ratio more or less conforms to the high newbornchild mortality rate among the prehistoric populations. Anatomical vernations on the fragmentary skulls could only be noted on the bony palate from graves B-5 and B-13. The torus palatinus which can be associated with robusticity can be seen as an archaic element. - Tooth crowding could be observed in two cases (graves B-5 and B-9), being a hereditary trait, is noteworthy too. Pathological deformations could only be observed in one case. The fracture of the right arm of the male buried in grave B-13 meant an extra strait of his left arm, resulting arthrosis deformans of the left elbow joint. - Although usually among prehistorical populations, cribra orbitalia and spondylosis on the spinal column could not be seen among the finds from Tiszalúc. Caries could be noted on the row of teeth of the skull from grave B-9; however, considering the cysts by the roots, the ratio of damaged teeth (93:5) is 5,3 per cent.
