Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 102. (Budapest 2010)
Bernert, Zs.: Anthropological data from the Hungarian Scythian Period collected from the cemetery excavated at M0 Ring Road, Site No. 008, Akácos-dulo
ANNALES HISTORICO-NATURALES MUSEI NATIONALIS HUNGARICI Volume 10 2 Budapest, 201 0 pp. 257-267 Anthropological data from the Hungarian Scythian Period collected from the cemetery excavated at MO Ring Road, Site No. 008, Akácos-dűlő Zs. BERNERT Department of Anthropology, Hungarian Natural History Museum H-1083 Budapest, Ludovika tér 2, Hungary. E-?nail: bernert@nhmus.hu Abstract - The anthropological remains from cremated and skeletonised burial of 84 individuals of the Scythian Period cemetery of M0 Ring Road, Site No. 008, Akácos-dűlő were examined. Based on remains that could be examined, this population can be characterised by medium length of neurocranium, moderately wide face and medium/tall-medium height. Based on the examination of skulls the face of this people was narrow and the neurocranium was long. This is in line with our current picture about people of the Scythian period. The relatively high proportion of females is very important but no anthropological methods could explain the cause of this phenomenon. With 4 figures and 5 tables. Key words - Physical anthropology, human skeletal remains, anthropological characterization, Avar Period. INTRODUCTION Several cemeteries from different historical periods have been discovered at the southern section of the M0 Ring Road near Soroksár during the archaeological excavations prior the construction works. One of these, site No. M0-008, Akácos-dűlő is a cemetery with more than 80 graves. Based on the findings, the site can be dated back to the Scythian period. The cemetery has only partially been excavated as archaeologists could work only on the first section within the path ot the planned motorway. Human remains were sent by archaeologist ZOLTÁN BENCZE (Budapest Historical Museum) to the Department of Anthropology at the Hungarian Natural History Museum in 2009. Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 102, 2010
