A Móra Ferenc Múzeum Évkönyve, 1982/83-1. (Szeged, 1985)

Régészet - Hegedűs Katalin: The Settlement of the Neolithic Szakálhát-Group at Csanytelek–Újhalastó

bones, the trunk and the legbones. Depth: 36cm. Orientation: E

—W with 4' to the south. No grave goods. Grave 2. (Fig. 7 and PI. XI : 2). The skeleton of a с 48—54 years old male lay in the grave in a strongly contracted position on its left side. The skullwas crushed by the pressure of the earth. The left and right arm was extended and sliced between the femora, the wrist bone was broken, the hand bones were located next to the heel bones. Traces of ochre could be observed on the skull, in the region of the feet and the lower part of the leg bones, sometimes also on the skeletal bones. Depth: 20—25 cm

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с 25 cm which had previously been peeled off by the scraper. Orientation: E

—W, with 0.5' to the south. Grave goods: thin-walled, grey 'Bombangefäss'. Height: 7.1 cm, diameter of mouth: 7.3 cm, diameter of base: 2.7 cm. Grave 3 (Fig. 8 and PI. XII: 1, 3). A 40—59 years old female was buried in this grave. The right temporal bone was crushed by the pressure of the earth. The arme of the deceased who had originally been laid prone were twisted back and bound together in the region of the elbows. Both thigh bones were turned south-east and broken around the region of the knee. The bones of the right leg lay in the region of the right pelvis, the left leg was found lying against the thight-bone. A thick layer of ochre was found on the skull; specks of ochre were also observed on the floor of the grave in front of the face. Depth : 34 cm, orientation : E

—W. Grave goods : a necklace comprising 4 tiny globular copper beads, 5 disc-shaped jet beads and 20 segmented shell beads (Fig. 9). Grave 6 (Fig. 10 and PI. XII: 2). The skeleton of a 48—54 years old male contracted to its left side lay in the grave. The right temporal bone was crushed by the pressure of the earth, the skull was tilted forwards. The chest was originally laid prone. The left arm was up-turned at an acute angle and lay under the chest, the hand was pressed against the left knee. The right arm was also pressed against the left knee ; the two hands lay next to each other. The left leg was strongly contracted; the right elbow lay at a distance of 12 cm from the knee. The right leg was not as strongly contracted. Depth: 20—25 cm-fс 25 cm which had been peeled off by the scraper prior to the beginning of the excavations. Orientation : SE

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NW, with 1.5" to the east. No grave goods. Grave 115 (Fig. 11). The skeleton of a female contracted to its right side rested in the rectangular grave pit with rounded corners. The trunk of the deceased was laid prone, the arms were slightly bent at the elbow, the feet were also but slightly contracted. The discolorification of a modern pit (pit XXVIII) was observed at the lower end of the grave pit. Small lumps of ochre were recovered during the excavation of the burial. Depth: 20cm (measured from the discolorification), orientation: N—NW 352°—

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SE. Grave goods: pear-shaped reddish vessel on the lower leg bones. The grave good was unfortunately tottally crumbled. Grave 136 (Fig. 12). The skeleton of a 2—3 year old child contracted to its left side was laid against the northern wall of the steep-sided grave. The bones and the grave goods were displaced from their original position by animals and tree roots. The bones of the forearm had entirely disintegrated and only a few splinters of the lower leg bone remained in situ. Only the ribs remained of the rib cage, the vertebrae and the pelvic bones had completely disintegrated. A 2.5—3 cm large ochre lump was found beside the skull; specks of ochre were also observed in the region of the fest and elsewhere in the grave. Depth : 35 cm, orientation : E-SE 102

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—W-NW. Grave goods: (1) necklace strung of 20 greenish disc-shaped 25