A Nyíregyházi Jósa András Múzeum évkönyve 15-17. - 1972-1974 (Nyíregyháza, 1982)

Szathmáry László: Magyarország honfoglalás kori népességének termete

few individuals and of already disputable chronological composition, which put emphar sis on the large proportion of the medium and medium-short stature. 3. The series of stature-variations published in professional literature and calculated by the application of various methods for stature determination do not give a realistic or appreciable picture. The series of stature-variations produced by the new investigations evince the fact that, with both sexes, the lOtti-century population can be grouped into two components of different stature. 4. As to the regional distribution of stature, the difference between the stature of the populations of the South-Eaetern and the North-Western parts of the country is the most marked, the population of the Trans-Tisza region being the taller. (Males: for the Trans-Tisza region, 170.0 centimeters; for North-Transdanubia, 168.7 centimeters. Females: for the Trans-Tisza region, 162.4 centimeters; for North-Transdanubia, 160.7 centimeters.) 5. From the relations of the attributes of stature and the length and width index of the cranium (Martin, 8:1; Martin 1928) it can be judged that among the males of medium-short stature dolichocephalic's is represented by a large proportion. In the case of women, however, one finds a similar relationship between the medium-tall stature and brachycephalic, and between tall stature and dolichocephalic. These relationships naturally refer to taxonomic aspects. Two conclusions can be drawn from the investigations: I. For the time being the data for stature published in the anthropological literature fall short of the requirements of a synthetic analysis and evaluation. Thus, to create a comprehensive picture of the stature of the 10th-century population the unified aspects of reconstruction should be applied consistently. II. Concerning the 10th-century population in the territory of our countury the new complex investigations support the view that there may have been a taxonomical difference between the stature of men and women and within either of the two sexes also. To decide how far and in what sense these results can be avaluated from an ethnic point of view only an appropriately complex and expansive research programme based on humangenetical considerations will be sufficient. by L. Szathmáry 199