Madaras László – Szabó László – Tálas László szerk.: Tisicum - A Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok Megyei Múzeumok Évkönyve 8. (1993)

Vörös István: Felsőpaleolit vadásztábor állatcsontleletei Jászfelsőszentgyörgy-szunyogoson

ISTVÁN VÖRÖS ANIMAL REMAINS CAMPSITE FROM THE UPPER PALEOLITHIC HUNTERS AT JÁSZFELSŐSZENTGYÖRGY-SZUNYOGOS (1990 excavation) In September, 1990, Viola T. Dobosi, localized an Upper Paleolithic settlement at Jászfelsőszentgyörgy-Szunyogos. She excavated the S and W margins of one of the occupation areas of the camp-site, an area of 50 m

2 extension. The remains of game animals reindeer and horse *as well as egg-shell fragments originated from gathering came to light from a 90-120 ms' depth (Fig. 1. Table 1). The topographic distribution of animal bone rameins: Kerékgyártó Gy.'s locality No.1. Reindeer Horse 3 costa fr. (burnt) 7 femur diaphysis fragm. M inf. fragm. Trench No. 1. 100- 110 cm Reindeer - humerus diaph. fragm. radius dext. prox. fragm. 22 radius diaph. fragm. ulna fragm. 2 metacarpus diaph. fragm. metacarpus clist. trochlea fragm. patella tibia sin. dist.fragm. astragalus sin. calcaneus sin. fragm. tuber calcanei centrotarsale sin. fragm. cuneiforme 2-3. (T

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) astragalus dext. fragm. metatarsus dext. prox. fragm. Horse - M. inf. enamel fragment femur diaph. fragm (broken into five pieces) os phalangis I. dist. trochlea fragm. Willow-grouse - cylindrical bone fragm. - egg-shell fragments 39 bone fragments (partly burnt) Trench No. 1. 110 - 120 cm Reindeer Horse radius diaph. fragm. 2 M inf. fragm. long bone fragm. Trench No. 5. 100-110 cm Reindeer - metacarpus diaph. fragm. (broken into four pieces) metacarpus dist. trochlea fragm. Horse - P

2 fragm. Willow grouse - egg-shell fragments 65 bone fragments (partly burnt) N end of trench No. 2., 90-100 cm Reindeer - M inf. fragm. Willow grouse - egg-shell fragments Trench No. 2. 100 - 110 cm Reindeer - humerus diaph. fragm. (broken into five pieces) Horse - M

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2 fragm. long bone fragm. N end of trench No. 4., 90 100 cm Willow grouse - egg-shell fragments Trench No. 4. 110 - 120 cm Reindeer - 3 costa fragm. humerus prox, diaph. fragm. metacarpus sin. fragm. Horse - long bone fragm. 11 bone fragments (burnt) 77