Dr. T. Tóth szerk.: Historico-anthropological studies (Anthropologia Hungarica 9/1-2. Budapest, 1970)

MARTIN (1928). In classifying the measurements and indices, I followed ALEKSEYEV-DEBETZ (1964).Stature was calculated according to PEARSON (1899), by the use of WOLANSKI's (1953) nomogram. Age was estimated for the adult findings (23 - x years) according to NEMESKÉRI-HARSÁNY I-ACSÁDI (i960), and, using ACSÁDI-NEMESKÉRI* s corrections (in print), on the basis of four age indicators: the ossification of the endocranial sutures (O), the spongiosa and upper shaft of the humeral (H) and femoral (P) proximal epiphyses, as well as the symphyseal face of the pubis (S). In iuvenile individuals (15-22 years), age was estimated according to JOHNSTON (196I) by the state of ossification of the epiphyses; in infants (O-I4 years), by the state of eruption of the teeth,using SCHRANZ's scheme (1959). Sex was determined - applying the method of ÉRY-KRALOVÁNSZKY-NEMESKÉRI (1963) and,in the case of measuring the ischio-pubis index, following GAILLARD (196I) - by the analysis of 22 characters of the adult skeleton.On the basis of chemical analysis, Dr. LENGYEL had also identified the sex of the various individuals; his results - with respect to those aged 15 -x years, - completely agree with my identifications, but, as a significant plus, he was also able to determine by his method the sex of also those aged merely 0-14 years. Table 1 submits the representation values of the skeletal remains of the excavated individuals, as well as the individual data of the sex and age determinations. The state of preservation' of the excavated osteological material is comparatively good. The quantitative representation value of the adults (15 - x years) is 0.67 (ÉRY-KRAL0VÁNSZKY-NEMR3K:ÉRI, 1963), hence about 70 per cent of the skeletal bones survived. Their qualitative representation value is 0,49, • that is, about half the amount of the surviving bones remained in a measurable condition. > Demographical characters Table 2 contains the distribution per age group and sex of the excavated individuals, while the mortality characteristics of the population are given in the abridged life-table (Table 3). For a more real evaluation of the age group distribution of the population at Kál,I have compared their per cent frequencies (Table 4) with the data of the model life table calculated from a great number of mortality age data referring to home series from the X-XII centuries (AGSÁDI, L965). Despite the fact that about 25 per cent of the Individuals buried in the cemetery had been annihilated during earthworks, - hence rendering it uncertain that the age group distribution of the surviving findings reflect