Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 31/1. (2011)
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284 Sz. S. Gál IV.DM2). Only one fragment from the rim of a canine is preserved. From the thorax small fragments from thoracic vertebrae are kept, the rest of the skeleton is missing. The eruption phases of the teeth indicate a young child (Infans I, 18 months), whose sex, stature cannot be determined. No traces of pathology could be observed. Grave no. 2 The skull is preserved fragmentary: only small fragments of the parietal bones are kept, the occipital bone and cranial base are missing. The skull was artificially deformed: it shows marks of circular distortion type, in frontal-occipital direction (Lipták-Marcsik 1976; Nemeskéri 1944, Czigány 2008). From cephalometric point of view, according to the cranial indexes after the method of R. Martin in Alekseev-Debets (1964) classification, the deceased had a very short skull (hyperbrachicefal 8:1), with higher orbits (hyperhypsikonch 52:51) and small nasal cavity (chamaerrhin 54:55). The skull is very short (hyperbrachicefal) because of the deformation. Beside the deformation of the skull, the differences in the structure of the facial bones can be related to the skull evolution. The defunct was a small child, with higher orbits, small nasal cavity in comparison with the full face (see Appendix 1). On the frontal bone marks of the bandage could be observed and the praebregmaticus bulge on the frontal bone is eaten; because of the distortion procedure the cortical layer becomes thin. Since the cranial base and the nuchalis region are missing we could not apply the Lipták-Marcsik (1976) method of calculation of basionantibasion distance, distortion indicator - the relationship between basio-antibasion distance and glabela-inion length - or the inclination of foreheads profile and distortion angle. Dental formula: 2102 (I.M1; I.DM2; I.DM1; II.DM1; II.DM2; II.M1; III.DM1; III.DM2; III.M1; IV.M1; IV.DM2; IV.DM1). The remaining teeth have fallen post mortem. From the thorax an axis vertebra, 5 cervical vertebrae, 4 thoracic vertebrae and 3 lumbar vertebrae are preserved; and from the pelvis the iliac bone fragments, ischium and the sacrum bone. From the upper and lower limbs there are kept the clavicle (81 mm), the left humerus (length of bone 176 mm), the left and right femur without the lower parts, the right and left tibia (length of bone 195 mm), left and right fibula without lower parts, left and right calcaneus (length of bone 45 mm). The epiphysis ends are not ossificated. The eruption phases of teeth, the ecto- and endocranian sutures, the epiphyses of Fig. 1. Timisoara-Freidorf. Grave no. 2.
