Wicker Erika (szerk.): Cumania 27. - A Kecskeméti Katona József Múzeum évkönyve (Kecskemét, 2016)
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Summaries analysis, the skull index of males are varied, female index shows short tendencies. Both male and female cerebral skulls are high; the orbits are middle-sized or large. The facial skull is regularly wide, the series from Tiszakácske represents Europid taxonomical traits, though two skulls can be classified as Mongolid, and two additional skulls have slight Mongolid features. The majority of pathological irregularities are not crucial anomalies, except for one case of bone tuberculosis. There are typical deformities caused by physical work on the upper limbs. In two cases symbolic (incomplete) trepanation was observed on the skull. The human osteological finds from Tiszakácske are closely linked to the anthropological material of the central part of the Dan- ube-Tisza Interfluve Region from the tenth-eleventh centuries; however, according to the available sets of data, it is clearly different from the anthropological material of the southern part of the Interfluve region. Erika Wicker pp. 109-128 REMAINS OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY FROM THE ÁRPÁDIAN PERIOD AT THE KISKUNFÉLEGYHÁZA-ÉSZAK JUNCTION OF THE M5 MOTORWAY The majority of the approximately 2.500 excavated archaeological features belonged to a Sar- matian settlement, among them roughly one hundred features were definitely identified as part of the Árpádian Age site, which had been mainly managed as a site of stock raising. The few superimposed archaeological features suggest that there were three periods when the area was used for animal husbandry during the Árpádian Period. The corrals, pits and a large post-structured building that were used in the first phase were unearthed in the western part of the excavated area, but interestingly, non of the excavated wells were connected to this period. In the second phase the site shifted towards the western part of the researched zone. In that period a large, triple corral was constructed, surrounded by hand-dug wells. At last, the third period was characterized by large enclosing corrals. These features together with the groups of hand-dug wells may indicate that the climate became dryer. The areas inside the corrals and the territories east and south from the wells and pits were probably used as grazing fields. The eastern and southern boundary of this grazing land was not recognized as this laid outside of the available excavation area. ETHNOGRAPHY József Kriston Vízi pp. 129-136 IN THE WAKE OF SURVIVING OBJECTS Around 90% of the artifacts had disappeared from the collections of the Katona József Museum of Kecskemét in World War II. Thus, those objects, which were transferred from this region to museums in Budapest have immense importance. In 1933, 259 artifacts were selected from the ethnographical collection of the Kecskemét Museum by the director Kálmán Szabó, and Professor Károly Viski, which were purchased by the Museum of Ethnography with the financial support of the Cultural Ministry. From that income the Kecskemét Museum prolonged the archaeological survey project aimed at excavating the deserted village churches around Kecskemét. Besides, due to this transaction, a representative selection of artifacts reflecting the traditional rural lifestyle fortunately subsisted and was available for scholarly interpretations. The paper discusses the details of this unpublished transaction. 391
