Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 95. (Budapest 2003)

Bernert, Zs.: Anthropological analysis of the Avar Period cemetery of Kereki-Homokbánya

same age group, in spite of all age groups containing a few men with extremely decayed teeth. Taxonomical analysis Twenty of the men's skulls were suitable for detailed taxonomical analysis. With one exception (Grave No. 143) the skulls could be put in the Europid major race. There were 12 robust skulls, with markedly protruding nasal bones, large glabellae and powerful jaws as their common caharacteristics. The Nordic type was the most common among them, and it had a dominant appearance in three cases (Grave Nos 72, 110 and 130). The narrow kind of face was uncovered with moderately long and wide braincases in three cases, and therefore their cranial indices were mesocran (Grave Nos 104/B and 129), or brachycran (Grave No. 136). Two mesoprosop, mesen faces (Grave Nos 138, 145), and one mesoprosop, euryen face (Grave No. 39) were present with large absolute measurements and long braincases, these individuals could be deduced from the mixing of Nordic and Cromagnoid types. Three skulls had euryprosop, euryen facial indices. One of them was hyperdolichocran (Grave No. 41), another one had a short, yet very wide braincase, which made it brachycran (Grave No. 124). The third one was a mesocran skull, that could clearly be classified as coming under the Cromagnoid-A race (Grave No. 107). Seven skulls were expressly gracile. Two of them were typical gracile Mediterraneans (Grave Nos 25 and 51), one skull was mesoprosop, mesen (Grave No. 19/A), four skulls possessed euryprosop, mesen facial indices (Graves Nos 93, 109, 113 and 132), and therefore these later ones presented a an intermediate form between races Mediterranean and Cromagnoid. Six of the female skulls could be evaluated, and these bore a markedly mixed combination of elements from races Nordic, Mediterranean and Cromagnoid. The woman of Grave No. 112 was Nordic, but mesocran because of her moderately long, wide braincase. The woman of Grave No. 45 was of the Nordic-Cromagnoid-A type, the skull uncovered from Grave No. 59 could be put in the Cromagnoid-A race, both were dolichocran. The following three gracile skulls bore Mediterranean and Cromagnoid-A elements: that of Grave No. 111 was mesocran euryprosop, with a mesen facial index. The cranium from Grave No. 127 was hyperdolichocran, mesoprosop, euryen, the dolichocran one from Grave No. 133 was mesoprosop, with a mesen face.