A Békés Megyei Múzeumok Közleményei 24-25. (Békéscsaba, 2003)

Hadak Útján XIII. A népvándorlás kor fiatal kutatóinak konferenciája Gyula, 2002. szeptember 17–19. - Varga Péter–Bernert Zsolt–Fóthi Erzsébet–Gyenis Gyula: Anthropologial Analysis of the Human Skeletal Material Inherited from Vilmos Lipp’s Excavations in the Keszthely Region

Varga Péter - Bernért Zsolt - Fóthi Erzsébet - Gyenis Gyula gyel's osseochemical analysis

41 the population of Fenékpuszta fortress was made up of two layers in the years between 568-630. The smaller group was made up of the practically grave- goodless burials of the local late antique population, the bigger one consisted of the graves of the immigrants of 568 with their typical finds. Some enforced reason ended the life of the Fenékpuszta settlement sometime around the year 630. The idea was forwarded by Kovrig that at the beginning of the 7

th Century - after some large scale destruction - the inhabitants left the fortress and lived on at the site of the town of Keszthely. This could be a possible explanation for the unprecedented appearance of "the peple of basketed earings" at the beginning of the 7

th Century.

42 In our view the appearance of a long headed, gracile Mediterranean population on this scale could only be attributed to immigration from the South. When looking for local foundations we examined the Roman Period population of Keszthely-Dobogó: it turned out to be decisively Cromagnoid and Nordic. This population was foundamentally different to the skulls uncovered by Lipp's excavations. If we do accept these gracile Mediterranean skulled men and women as the bearers of Keszthely Culture, then this culture probably got with a considerable number of ethnic groups into the area of Keszthely from the Mediterranean region. (Translated by Gy. Molnár) Varga Péter, Bernért Zsolt, Fóthi Erzsébet Gyenis Gyula MTM Embertani Tár ELTE Embertani Tanszék 1083 Budapest, Ludovika tér 2. 1117 Budapest, v-pzs@elender.hu Pázmány Péter sétány 1/c. bernert@nhmus.hu gyenis@cerberus. elte. hu fothi@ant. nhmus. hu 41 LENGYEL 1971. 42 KOVRIG 1958. 460