Folia Historico-Naturalia Musei Matraensis - A Mátra Múzeum Természetrajzi Közleményei 5. (1978-1979)

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Abr. max Abr. mand. (dexter) 2 3 2 2 2 27 6 5 4 3 2 % 87654 32)' 12 4 2 2 3 3--32232/2"345670 (sinister) /^4 5 6 7^ ---2241The fact that the abrasion is assymetric can probably be accounted for by the falling out of the two M3. A slight disarrangement (piling) of teeth of (d) \%- С - Pj can be observed on the mandible. The molars slope somewhat inward. The molars of the maxilla exhibit the shape of a parallelogram, i.e. their palatal side lies more distal in comparison with the labial side, which has a relatively mesial position. This is the so-called Bluntschlian regressive form, which acquires greater frequency in the Upper Paleolithic Age (BLUNTSCHLI 1926, cf.: FRISCH 1965). THE QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE EXAMINATION OF THE POST-CRANIAL SKELETON The Osteometrie examination was carried out in the wake of MARTIN (1928). Its results are summarized in Tables 3 and 4. The humerus is flat (platybrachien) and medium robust. The ulna is platolen. The vertebrae are convex (koilorachien); they are laterally more convex than dorsally or ventrally. Besides the above-mentioned points for guidance, the following analytic procedures were also taken into consideration in the qualitative examination: BAINBRIDGE-GENOVES(1956), DUPARC (1941), DU-XUAN-HOP (1944), FISCHER (1906), HRDLICKA (1942), KNUSSMANN (1967), PIEDELIÉVRE-CLAVELIN (1948), STEWART (1952), VALLOIS (1928), andVOLKOW (1903). Scapula dextra. Robustness is + + + +. Plicatedness is + + + . The adhesive surface of the ligamentum transversum superior is considerably indented. It is strong and firm ( + + + + ). The tuberculum infraglenoidalis is delimited (this muscle adhesion relief is marked throughout the margo lateralis). The spina scapulae is forcefully protruding and massive (+ + + + ); the margo lateralis is accompanied by a deep sulcus along the dorsális faciès. The shape of the cavitas glenoidalis is piriform, and has an arched labium from the side of the acromion. The incisura scapulae is open. It is OLIVER'S 2nd type. The acromion has a quadrangular shape. The collum scapulae is relatively short and thickset. The vertebral rim is straight. Humerus dexter

. The humerus is robust. The tuberculum majus and minus are indented and firm (+ + + + ). The tuberculum maius is KNUSSMANN's variant 'a'. Neither tuberculum is continued with a crista towards the diaphysis. Thus, the robust crista tuberculi majoris, and the crista intertuberculi minoris form a self-contained structure. The sulcus intertubercularis is deep and wide, and it has the shape of a triangle under the collum chirurgicum, where it widens out in a plane-like manner. The margo anterior and the crista tuberculi majoris are connected. The cross section of the middle of diaphysis is a variant between HRDLICKA's 4th and KNUSSMANN's 3rd grade. The fossa olecrani corresponds to KNUSSMANN's 2nd type. In terms of KNUSSMANN's variants, the margo lateralis is '4', the epicondylus medialis 'b'

, and the epicondylus lateralis '6'. The perforatio fossae olecrani, is 1.5 x 1.5 mm. Radius dexter. The capitulum and the collum are missing. The tuberositas hardly projects on its side facing the faciès anterioralis ( + ). Its surface is smooth, with a slight sulcus medialis. The capitulum lies 1 mm short of the collum - on the side facing the tuberositas. The crista interossea is developed (+ + + ), sharp, and expressly bifurcates above the incisura radialis (crista anterior and posterior). The cross section is HRDLICKA's type 5, and KNUSSMANN's type 'a' . Ulna dextra. The ulna is broken (pseudo-joint), the distal part is missing, thus its length is 201 mm. The tuberositas is indented in its surface (+ + ). The margo interossea is averagely developed (+ + ). The margo anterior and posterior are also definite, thus 139