A Debreceni Déri Múzeum Évkönyve 1966-1967 (Debrecen, 1968)
Mesterházy Károly: Adatok a honfoglalás kori magyar köznépi család szerkezetéhez
Hampel J.: Alt. Hampel J.: Alterthümer des frühen Mittelalters in Ungarn I — III. Braunschweig. 1905. Hampel J.: MHK Hampel J.: A honfoglalási kor hazai emlékei. A magyar honfoglalás kútfői. Szerk. Pauler Gy. és Szilágyi S. Bp. 1900. Hampel J.: Újabb tanulmányok Hampel J.: Újabb tanulmányok a honfoglalási kor emlékeiről. Bp. 1907. HOM Közi. A Miskolci Herman Ottó Múzeum Közleményei JPMÉ A Janus Pannonius Múzeum Evkönyve. László Gy.: HMNE László Gy.: A honfoglaló magyar nép élete. Bp. 1944. László Gy.: Őstörténet László Gy.: Őstörténetünk legkorábbi szakaszai Bp. 1961. MFME A Szegedi Móra Ferenc Múzeum Evkönyve MHK Pauler Gy. — Szilágyi S.: A magyar honfoglalás kútfői. Bp. 1900. MTAK A Magyar Tudományos Akadémia II. Osztályának Közleményei Népr. Ért. Néprajzi Értesítő Bég. Tan. Bégészeti Tanulmányok SA Slovenska Archeológia Száz. Századok Сэ Szoyjetszkaja Etnografija VHAD Vjesnik Hrvatskog Arheoloskog Drustva Károly Mesterházy Some facts on the structure of Hungarian commonalty joint families at the time of the conquest I The matrilinear joint family A cemetery of commoners was excavated at Töröklaponyag of Nádudvar in 1964. The cemetery was located in a prehistoric tumulus aboiit 32 to 35 m in diameter. Considerable part of the graves had been despoiled before, but the uncovered part was suitable for evaluation. Excavation was carried out in series of north-south sections, proceeding from east to west. So the rowed structure of the cemetery became manifest soon. We found three complete rows of graves; in another three rows we found sporadic graves. One more row was in all probability left out at the western side of the tumulus, as it was inaccessible to us because of the road leading over it. In the centre of the tumulus we found two eccentrically located graves of NW-SE orientation; both had been despoiled long before, we found nothing in either of them. The larger was 275 cm deep. The second, large grave was overlain by grave no. 21 of the 11th century, having a depth of 185 cm. These were in all probability the graves of the early bronze age in the tumulus. In the course of excavation we found two Celtic graves with skeletons (no. 9 and 17), and two Celtic cremation graves (no. 30 and 31); belts of iron chains were the characteristic finds in the former, embossed ankle-rings in the latter. The Celtic cemetery extended far beyond the area of the tumulus, so its graves also serve as a basis for estimating the age of the tumulus. The tumulus was used as a cemetery of a Hungarian community of the 10—11th century. The extent of the cemetery was determined by the tumulus. The graves formed rows. In the first row, the richer graves were found on the N side, in the other five at the S side. The starting grave of each row represented the expensive burial of a woman. The starting grave of the second row contained gilded jewels, the graves in the third and fifth row contained bracelets. The starting grave of the first row was less luxurious, but the richest in its row. The parts of the fourth and sixth rows containing the richest graves had been destroyed. In the graves we found the things usual with the burials of common people : simple and Sended lock-rings, twisted and wire finger-rings, bracelets with tapering ends, with animal heads, 175
