Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 31/1. (2011)
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Timisoara-Freidorf Osteological Analysis of Human Remains 285 long bones and the size of long bones indicates a young child (Infans I, 6-7 years old). The sex could not be determined. According to the T. Sjovold and F. W. Rösing methods, in the classification of R. Martin the deceased had small stature of 110.5 cm. Regarding the pathological marks, the most obvious is the head flattening; on the area of frontal, parietal and occipital bones the tire tracks could be observed. The frontal bone is affected by infection: the cortical layer is eaten on the medial area of the bone. On two of the lumbar vertebrae (vertebral body) traces of bronze were observed. Grave no. 3 The skull is relatively well preserved; parts of the parietal bone, temporal bone (right part), cranial base and part of the zygomatic bone are missing. The facial bones are relatively well preserved; part of the orbit (right part) and the edge of the zygomatic bone (right part) are missing. Cephalometrically, based on cranial indexes according to the method of R. Martin, in the classification of Alekseev-Debets (1964), the deceased had a very long skull (hyperdolichocefal 8:1), elongated facial area (hyperleptoprosop 47:45), relatively small orbits (mesoconch 52:51) and large nasal cavity (mesorrhin 54:55). The occipital bone is curved, but the occipital protuberance is not pronounced. In superior sight the skull has oval shape (See Appendix 1). Dental formula: 2123 (r. М3, PM2, PM1, C, 12, II; 1. PM1, PM2, II, 12, PM1, PM2, М2, М3). The teeth are heavily worn, М2, М3 (2), Ml (3), and Ml, М2 (4) teeth have fallen during life and the alveolus was resorbed. The root of the 2nd incisive (2) was affected by pus and prognathia alveolaris could be observed. From the thorax the atlas vertebra, axis vertebra, fragments of thoracic and lombar vertebrae and the diaphysis part of ribs were recovered. From the upper and lower limbs right the following bones were kept: clavicle (length of bone 122 mm), left clavicle (without lateral epiphysis), left and right scapula, left humerus (length of bone 296 mm, head diam. 41 mm, 1. tr. 27 mm, 1. sagit. 29 mm, 1. tr. inf. 25 mm, 1. sagit, inf. 15 mm), right humerus (length of bone 293 mm, head diam. 41 mm, 1. tr. 28 mm, 1. sagit. 26 mm, 1. tr. inf. 18 mm, 1. sagit, inf. 15 mm), left radius (length of bone 212 mm), left and right ulna without lower epiphysis, left femur (length of bone 395 mm, head diam. 40 mm, 1. tr. 30 mm, 1. sagit. 28 mm, 1. tr. inf. 35 mm, 1. sagit, inf. 25 mm), right femur (length of bone 393 mm, head diam. 40 mm, 1. tr. 36 mm, 1. sagit. 30 mm, Fig. 2. Timisoara-Freidorf Grave no. 3.
