Bujdosné Pap Györgyi (szerk.): Agria 49. (Az egri Dobó István Vármúzeum Évkönyve - Annales Musei Agriensis, 2016)
Évinger Sándor: 10-11. századi temetőrészlet Gyöngyösön - a feltárt csontmaradványok általános embertani vizsgálata
Sándor Évinger 10-llth century burials from Gyöngyös general anthropological examination of the excavated human skeletal remains Altogether six graves of a 10-11th century cemetery were excavated in the city of Gyöngyös (Heves county, Hungary), next to the Olajbanfőtt Szent János (John boiled in oil) temple in 2013 and 2014. The archaeological work was led by Zoltán Tóth on behalf of the István Dobó Castle Museum. The human skeletal material was examined in the Department of Anthropology of the Hungarian Natural History Museum. The anthropological investigation concluded that four of the six skeletons belonged to children (with three of them being in the Infant I. and one being in the Infant II. age group), one skeleton fitted into the Juvenile age group, and one was of an adult woman. The skeletal material was unsuitable for statistical analyses and for comparison with other historical populations mainly due to the low number of available skeletons. The 25—35 year old woman from the 1st grave was interred in an irregular position. The anthropological examination did not find any traces of a disease or body deformity, thus it could not give a possible answer for this funerary custom. Among the examined skeletons cribra orbitalia was observed in two cases (grave no. 2 and 4), and enamel hypoplasia in one case (grave no. 5). Development of these alterations is usually traced back to malnutrition and/or to a disease. The child from the 4th grave had endocranial lesion on her frontal bone which usually are linked in most of the cases with infectious diseases (for example meningitis or tuberculosis). Periosteal reaction (periosteal apposition) was spotted in three cases (grave no. 2., 4. and 6.). These may refer to the way of life (for instance, straining of the body) or to possible injuries or diseases. In the case of the 1-1.5 year old child from the 6th grave, most probably an infection was the cause of the intense periosteal apposition. 276
