Dr. T. Tóth szerk.: Studia historico-anthropologica (Anthropologia Hungarica 17. Budapest, 1981)

In the comparison of the different series we have applied the combination of measurements and indices, the various taxonomical analysis given by several authors. We compared the diameter avarages of some series, applying ALEXEYEVA* s special indices (1966), as well as the praeauricular faciocerebral index values of DEBETS (1964) and the facial flatness index (DEBETS & TÓ*TH method, in FARKAS 1972). SEX AND AGE DETERMINATION The determination of sex and age have been examined by biochemical method in case of 391. The investigations have been made by LENGYEL. The determination of sex have been examined both of methods (morphological and biochemical) in 245 cases. From these 8 cases were inconsistent (Table 2). According to the biochemical determination 3 male and 5 female skeletons proved to have contrasted sex identification by the morphological analysis. The agreement of the two methods is 96.73%. The age could be identified in 366 cases by both methods. Here we experienced contradiction in the cases of 11.2% (Table 2). The trends of the dissimilar data in these 41 cases is quite homogeneous, so in 33 cases the morphological, and 8 cases the biochemical analysis gave higher age. The divergence was fully opposite only 1 case, when an individual belonging to the infans n. group by the biochemical method, proved to be adultus by the morphological investigation. In the other cases the determined age-groups were joined with one and other marginally. According to LENGYEL' s opinion the different values of both methods could be caused by decompositional factors and pathological changes. The morphologically and chemically analysed age-group were in keeping with each other in 61.54% in the anthropological material of an Early-Bronze Age cemetery, having been examined by LENGYEL & FARKAS (1972). In our cemetery this rate is 88.80%. According to the authors' opinion the data of chemical identification may be accepted when they agree with each other in 76.92%. They have found an agreement in such measure in adultus age. According to LENGYEL (in: SZABÓ" 1980), the average reliable value of data IB 75-80% in the sex and 65-70% is in the identifying of the age. Our cemetery shows higher values than reliable one were indicated above (sex: 96.73%, age: 88.80%). On the basis of all those, in those cases when the sex or the age is undecied or could not be determined exactly, we used the result of the biochemical investigation. In other cases we have taken into consideration the results of morphological investigations. PALAEODEMOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS The distribution of sex and age of our material can be found in the Table 1. It can be established, that the proportion of the children and the juvenile-group altogether (33.16%) is the most higher in the age-group of infans I. (16.71%). In spite of this it does not reach the 33.7% proportion, elaborated by palaeodemographical investigations of ACSÁDI (1965). This fact can be explained with the uncompletely excavation of the cemetery in one hand, and the other hand with the destroying of children's graves in greater part (TÓTH 1961). The number of male and female skeletons are equal at the adultus. The most people had died in their adult age, but the proportion of deaths is more unfavourable at the females than the males. The 73.77% of females and the 56.56% of males had died in their adult age, and the 41.8% of males and the 25.41% of females had been living to the maturus age. GENERAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS Males: Brain-case according to the mean-values is mediumlong-long, mediumwide, mediumhigh. Brain-case according to the calculated indices is dolichocranic (but according to the distribution hyperdolicho-, dolicho- and mesocranic are in nearly equal), orthocranic, metriocranic (but acrocranic is in 43%), metriometopic (Tables 4, 5). Circumference of most of skulls in norma