Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 30/1. (2010)
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190 Z. Soós-Sz. S. Gál At 0.9 ш depth besides the well’s pit we identified the first grave (M35). It belonged to a child; the remains of the skeleton were 0.85 m long having the teeth well preserved. The second identified grave M36 (age 28-30) was in the 4/a-b sector at 1.2 m depth. It is a well preserved male skeleton; it has 1.25 m length from the skull till the knees, starting from the knees his legs were outside of the trench. His left hand was placed along the body, while his right hand was on the pelvis. These two graves represented the first burial horizon. The grave M37 was identified in the south western corner (5/e) and we have found only a skull, the rest of the skeleton was outside the trench. Bellow the first layer we identified a second layer with sixteen medieval graves from the 14th century (Pi. 1/2). The grave M38 (age 50-55) was situated eastwards from M35, the skeleton was oriented towards northeast-southwest, while most of the others are oriented east-west. It is a male burial, the skeleton is only preserved until the pelvis and it is cut by the grave M39. The length of the preserved skeleton is 0.8 m; the distance between the shoulders is 0.4 m. Both hands are placed on the pelvis. The M39 lays eastwards from the M38, contains a well preserved male skeleton. The length of the skeleton is 1.72 m (with fingers), the shoulders are 0.41 m wide. The hands are placed on the pelvis across each other. The particularity of the grave is the identification of a Charles Robert coin from 1327, identified in the pelvis area. The male (probably friar) was approximately 45-50 years old. The grave M40 was identified in the eastern profile, only the upper part of the skull was found, the rest of skeleton is outside the trench. The M40 grave pit cut the legs of the grave M41. The M41 (age 15-17) is preserved partially until the pelvis, its length is 0.72 m, the shoulders are 0.27 m wide and it belonged to a young male. The hands were placed along the body. The grave M42 (age 35-40) situates on the left side (north) of the M39. The length of the skeleton is 1.64 m; the width at the shoulders is 0.41 m. The hands were placed along the body and based on the anthropological analysis this is also a male burial. The M43 (age 60-65) is on the left side (north) of M42, its length is 1.50 m, the shoulders are 0.34 m wide. The skeleton belonged to a male person, which lost all his teeth by the time of his death. His right hand was placed on the chest, while his left hand was along the body. The grave M44 (age 40) is 0.89 m long and the shoulders are 0.42 m wide. The skull is missing, only the maxilla was preserved. It seems that the M43 disturbed the upper part of the grave. The left hand is placed on the pelvis, while the right hand is along the body. Based on preserved teeth the skeleton belonged to a male person. The grave M45 (age 10-12) has 1.24 m length and 0.33 m width at the shoulders. The grave is oriented south-west-north-east and it contains the bones of a young child. The arms of the child were placed on the chest. The grave M46 (age 45-50) has 1.55 m length and 0.4 m width at the shoulders. The grave is situated south of M39; it has a well preserved robust skeleton. Based on the characteristics of the skeleton it belonged to a male person. The M46 is particular because of the wounds on the left zygomatic bone. His left hand is placed along the body and it is a little bit curved, his right hand is missing, it was probably cut by the grave M49. The grave M46/a is south to M46, only its skull was preserved in a secondary position and it was probably disturbed by the grave M46. The skull was found near the pelvis of M46. Based on the maxilla characteristic features the skull belonged to a male person.
