Kalicz Nándor - Koós Judit: Mezőkövesd-Mosolyás. A neolitikus Szatmár-csoport (AVK I) települése és temetője a kr. e. 6. évezred második feléből - Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén megye régészeti emlékei 9. (Miskolc, 2014)
Függelék - K. Zoffmann Zsuzsanna: A Szatmár-csoport Mezőkövesd-Mocsolyás lelőhelyről származó embertani leletei
308 K. Zoffmann Zsuzsanna In the case of Mezőkövesd-Mocsolyás almost half of the female population was of an other, gracile type variant of low stature. While the archaeological continuity between the Körös Culture and the following Szatmár group is settled, at the moment the scarcity and fragmentary state of the anthropological material of the Körös culture does not allow one to draw decisive conclusions regarding population continuity. The robust leptodolichomorph type variant of high stature appearing in the series from Mezőkövesd-Mocsolyás seems to represent an autochthonous element in the population. The gracile type variant of low stature is probably a new component, but its exact relations with the Körös population are yet to be proven via comparison with expanded data sets including new series (Zoffmann 1992, 1994, 2000a, 2004, 2005). Finally, two adult females must be mentioned separately. The lower left first incisor of the female from Feature 1/32, and both lower first incisors of the female from Feature 19/41 were removed during their lifetimes. The almost perfect healing of the alveoli, accompanied by the lack of inflammatory lesions suggests that the procedure was carried out at a relatively young (juvenis or early adult) age. This custom may had served ritual or cosmetic purposes. Its appearance in the population of Mezőkövesd-Mocsolyás is especially interesting, as traits of a similar procedure were observed in several series of the Alföld Linear Pottery Culture. As the custom seems to be completely unknown in the Körös Culture, its appearance at Mezőkövesd-Mocsolyás represents a phenomenon connecting the population of the settlement with the population of the Alföld Linear Pottery Culture. [Translation by Kata Sebők]
