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Éry, K.: An anthropological study of the Late Avar Period population of Ártánd

Table 10. : Variation of the Cranial Measurements and Indices. Artánd. (Ad.+Mat. Martin No. Sigma Ratio Meanö" X

2 (D • F. ) PÍ9oJ 1. 69 24 6. 08 /B-F/ 6. 24 13) 95<P<:90 5. 102. 16 4. 16 /B-F/ 15. 64 15) 50<P<30 8. 120 31 5. 07 /B-F/ 23. 22 16) P»10 9. 85. 80 4. 51 /B-F/ 24. 36 33) 90<P<70 17. 162. 75 4. 94 /B-F/ 34. 48 13) P^ 0. 1 23. 48. 42 13. 97 /B-F/ 2. 10 9) Ps*99. 0 40. 63. 86 4. 87 /B-F/ 5. 72 14) 97. 5<P<95 45. 101. 34 5. 19 /B-F/ 9. 26 9) 50<P<30 47. 86. 41 6. 33 /H/ 13. 45 18) 90<P<70 48. 87. 90 4. 30 /B-F/ 26. 29 34) 70<P<50 51. 114. 53 1. 72 /B-F/ 36. 79 (28) 30<P<10 52. 85 50 2. 00 /B-F/ 20. 44 28) 90<P<70 54. 106. 81 1. 76 /B-F/ 39. 04 34) 30<P<10 55. 90. 15 3. 15 /B-F/ 29. 39 36) 90<P<70 66. 168. 58 6. 62 /H/ 28. 45 10) 1<P< o. l 72. 82. 60 3. 22 /H/ 7. 55 11) 90<fP<70 8:1 63. 97 3. 22 /H/ 4. 11 10) 95<TP<90 17:1 111. 47 3. 05 /H/ 12. 43 10) 30<P<10 17:8 114. 96 4. 61 /H/ 11. 93 9) 30<P<10 9:8 75. 54 3. 23 /H/ 8. 60 15) 90<P<70 47:45 90. 79 5. 43 /T/ 6. 61 8) 70<P<T50 48:45 116. 06 3. 30 /H/ 12. 12 9) 30<P<10 54:55 100. 89 4. 49 /H/ 34. 74 34) 30<P<10 Mean: 96. 24 of the smaller taxonomical units within the great races and the type elements, respectively. In the population under discussion, belonging to the Avar Period, indeed, to the Late Avar Period, a clarification of its relation to the Europoide and the Mongoloidé great races respectively is of especial importance. In this connection, I submit T. TÓTH'S studies on the facial flatness of the Ártánd series (TÓTH, 1964). The studies concerned 37 male and 27 female skulls. Of the 37 males, no dominancy of the Mongoloidé characters bad been observed in any one of the cases, but a very high nasal projection angle hed been received (34.4). In the females, Mongoloidé dominancy had been found in five cases that is, in 18 per cent, of the examined material. The results of my own studies agree with the aboves, concerning the relegation of the males to the Europoide great race. On the five female skulls showing a Mongoloidé dominancy in the facial skull, the Mongoloidé features are, in my opinion, mostly weakly expressed and appear but mosaically in some parts of the face, alongside of other, Europoide, features. In these cases, there might have occurred a Europo-Mongoloide intermingling. Accordingly, the Ártánd population of the ninth century is to be considered in essentials taxonomically a Europoide community. If it be examined now which elements of the subraces can within the Europoide great race be observed on the series, the restriction of the variability of the measurements and indices, mentioned above, will immediately refer to a not overly intermixed population. The general cranial dimensions of the Ártánd males reveal the presence or the effects of a Cromagnoide or Protoeuropoide basic layer. However, some, primarily