Folia archeologica 37.
Zsuzsanna Zoffmann: A Tiszavalk-tetesi rézkori temető embertani anyaga
86 ISTVÁN VÖRÖS It was from this pit-complex that 73,6 % of the animal bone material from pits came to light. The number of cattle remains — 115 — is relatively large, amounting to 63,5 % of all cattle bones. All of the three useful domestic animals — cattle, small ruminant and pig — are represented by a relatively large proportion of their head regions (Table 3.). Among the cattle bones there are many cannon and knuckle bones. The age distribution of the 8 cattle is 1 juvenile, 1 subadult and 6 adult. Small ruminants are represented by the greatest number of individuals: 7 sheep and 3 goats. The majority of sheep remains consists of mandibles from the head region, followed by the upper "meaty" parts of the fore and hind extremities. Neither sections of the trunk (vertebrae and ribs) nor the lower, so-called "dry" bones of the fore and hind extremities of sheep (except four pieces) are present. The age distribution of sheep is 1 neonatal, 4 infantile and 2 juvenile. The head and upper extremiteis meaty bones of goat were not found in the pit. The goats are represented by one juvenile, and two adult individuals. Pigs are represented by a relatively great number of bones from the head region. The ratio of meaty and dry extremities is approximately the same. The age distribution of pigs is 3 infantil, 1 juvenil and 2 adutl. The horse is of a gracile type. The dog is small. The red deer antler with the attached skull indicates an August— September killing. 7. CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS AND THE FUNERARY RITES OF THE BODROGKERES Z TÚR CULTURE Cattle, small ruminants and pig occur both in the graves of the cemetery and in the pits of the settlement. The most significant difference is in their proportions in which they occur (Table 4., 5): in the Tetes settlement the cattle remains prédominante (163 specimens), followed by pig (51 specimens) and small ruminants (45 specimens); in the cemetery, on the other hand the remains of small ruminants predominate (180 specimens) followed by pig (42 specimens) and cattle (18 specimens). Using traditional terminology, the bone material of the settlement suggests a village of a settled "pastoral tribe (pig breeding) and bred stock (cattle), but which was still intensively occupeid by hunting". The same picture is reflected in the animal bone material from the Tarnabod :i, ) and Derecske 3 1 settlements of the Bodrogkeresztúr culture. On the other hand, the "proportions" of the remains of the sacrificial animals which were placed in the graves as food offerings suggest an economy based particularly on the sheep-breeding of those "non-settled" pastoral tribes. Pig-breeding seems also to have been important in this economy while cattle-breeding was insignificant. 3 U bökönyi 1959 60. 3 1 Bökönyi 1959 60.
