Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 92. (Budapest 2000)

Éry, K.: Anthropological studies on a Late Roman Period population at Tác-Margittelep

the postcranial skeleton are listed in Tables 10-11, while the distribution of body heights is presented in Table 12. The standard deviation of cranial measurements among the males is slightly higher than usual, while the same parameter for female skulls may be considered average. In spite of this, no significant difference was observed between the skull shape of males and females aside from the natural manifestation of sexual dimorphism. According to the measurements, their neurocranium was long, medium broad and medium high. Looking from above, male skulls are of an ovoid form, while their occipital aspect is house-shaped. In the case of females the same two views of the skull are pentagono-rhomboid and bomb-shaped respectively. The frontal part is slightly slanted backward, the occiput has a curved character. Sutura metopica occurs more commonly in males, while os epiptericum was found more frequently among females.Their splanchnocranium is medium broad and high, orbitae are medium wide or broad and medium high, the nose is medium broad and medium high. The maxilla is medium broad and medium long, the fossa canina is deep, no torus palatinus was observed and alveolaris prognathia seems to be uncommon. Their mandible is broad and medium high. The statures of both sexes, on the basis of mean values, may be considered about average. However, among men tall and very tall stature occurs most frequently, on the other hand, most women could be classified within the medium-tall category. It must be mentioned here that according to the calculation of stature-based spatial autocorrelations, most tall people were not enterred in each other's proximity by chance. In these cases, some form of dependency (e.g. close relationship) may be assumed (BOCQUET-APPEL & ERY 1988). Taxonomic characteristics On the basis of general cranial characteristics the Tác population may be assigned to the Europoid great race. Only one male and one female displayed occasional Mongoloid traits. The overwhelming majority of the population was characterized by attributes of the Nordo-Mediterranoid taxonomic entity with the occasional manifestation of Cromagnoid traits (Table 13, Figs 1-8).