Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 97. (Budapest 2005)

Évinger, S. ; Bernert, Zs.: Anthropological investigation of the Avar Period cemetery of Kaposvár Road 61, Site No. 26 (Hungary)

of skeletons of 1-14 years old children indicated not only a high mortality in childhood - contagious diseases formed the background of this phenomenon - but the careful execution of archeological excavation and the fortunate soil endowments too. None of the adult periods produced oustandingly high mortality. Maximum of mortality occured in the age group 35-39 years. When comparing the two sexes mortality followed the usual pattern of historical populations. More women than men died in adultus age, however this difference did not reach the scale of other Avar Period series. Almost 60% of adult women died in adultus age, while more than half (53%) the men survided into mature age (Fig. 2). Though a higher perTable 6. Kaposvár Road 61. Site No. 26: corrected life table Age Dead Survivors Probability Life Groups Number Percentage Entering of Death Expectancy (Dx) (dx) (lx) (qx) (ex) 0 126.0 33.49 100.00 1.26 19.18 1-4 35.5 9.44 66.51 0.53 27.58 5-9 21.8 5.79 57.07 0.38 27.81 10-14 16.6 4.41 51.28 0.32 25.67 15-19 16.5 4.38 46.87 0.35 22.85 20-24 17.9 4.75 42.49 0.42 19.95 25-29 20.7 5.49 37.74 0.55 17.15 30-34 21.9 5.81 32.25 0.68 14.64 35-39 24.6 6.55 26.44 0.93 12.30 40-44 23.9 6.34 19.89 1.20 10.53 45-49 18.5 4.93 13.55 1.37 9.30 50-54 13.2 3.51 8.62 1.53 8.19 55-59 9.5 2.53 5.10 1.87 7.10 60-64 4.5 1.20 2.57 1.75 6.64 65-69 2.5 0.68 1.37 1.86 5.24 70-74 2.2 0.58 0.70 3.15 2.91 75-79 0.4 0.11 0.11 3.76 2.50 Total 376.2 100.0