Csányi Marietta et al. (szerk.): Tisicum - A Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok Megyei Múzeumok Évkönyve 25. (Szolnok, 2016)

Természettudomány és régészet - Szeniczey Tamás–Rácz Zsófia–Marcsik Antónia–Hajdu Tamás: Pusztataksony–Ledence 1. és 2. lelőhely 5–6. századi embertani anthropológiai vizsgálata

SZENICZEY TAMÁS - RÁCZ ZSÓFIA - MARCSIK ANTÓNIA - HAJDÚ TAMÁS:

PUSZTATASKONY-LEDENCE 1. ÉS 2. LELŐHELY V-VI. SZÁZADI EMBERTANI LELETEINEK ANTHROPOLÓGIAI VIZSGÁLATA

Szeniczey Tamás-Rácz Zsófia- Marcsik Antónia-Hajdu Tamás

Anthropological examination of the 5-6th c. human remains from Pusztataskony-Ledence 1-2

During the excavation near Pusztataskony several archaeological objects and burials were unearthed dated back to the 5-6th centuries. In this study 16 human remains from the Gepidic period and one skeleton from the Hunnic Period were analysed from the sites Pusztataskony- Ledence 1 -2. Due to the low case number, the demographic studies were not possible, however the sex ratio could have been balanced within the Gepidic period population. The pathological alterations have been found to correspond with the age at death. Most of the males and females are characterized by long and high skull with moderately wide face. Based

on the craniofacial examination, it appears that Europid morphological traits were dominant in this population, but in 4 cases slight mongoloid features were also noticed. Three skulls from the Gepidic period show clear traces of cranial deformation and the Hunnic period skull is also modified. Two of the deformed Gepidic- and the Hunnic period skulls had moderate mongoloid features. The craniometrical and taxonomical results fits into the Gepidic period anthropological picture of the region. The deformed skulls with mongolid traits may indicate the eastern originated transmission of this tradition.

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