Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 83. (Budapest 1991)

Pais, I. ; Tóth, T.: Human paleonutrition [sic] in the Carpathian Basin from the Neolithic to Mediaeval times based on osteochemical analysis

The analytical results - when the case-number was high enough - were evaluated by mathematical calculation methodh using computer programmes. We analyzed the bone samples from ten Neolithic cemeteries and two Copper age localities. We should mention that one of the Neolithic locality marked "Alföld" consisted of six localities, but because the number of skeletons was very low there, we made the average values of these localities and expressed as data of one geographical sample. Figure 1 shows the geographical map of Hungary with all (16) localities where samples were taken and evaluated in this paper. The concentration values of the measured twelve elements are expressed in logarithmic scale and the higher concentrations (marco-elements of bones) can be seen in Figure 2, while the lower concentrations (micro-elements in bones) were demonstrated in Figure 3. The Copper age samples - in the same way - are demonstrated in Figures 4 and 5. As it can be seen, the concentration values are lower in two localities near the river Danube (Ágostonpuszta and Aszód), while those deriving from three localities by the river Tisza (Alföld, Kisköre and Szegvár) showed generally higher values both in macro- and microelements. The values of males and females are in most cases very similar, only the copper values are higher in samples of females than those of males. In Table 1 we give the number of samples we analyzed and evaluated. The number of samples of the localities of discovery on an average was not too high. In Tables 2 and 3 we demonstrate our analytical results. In the second the average values from the 5 RESULTS The analytical evaluation of prehistoric samples Fig. 1. Geographic distribution of different localities Annls hist-nat Mus. natn. hung., 83,1991