A Nyíregyházi Jósa András Múzeum évkönyve 21-23. - 1978-1980 (Nyíregyháza, 1988)

Szathmáry László: Embertani vizsgálatok a bátyúi (Bratovo) 1. kurgán hamvasztott csontvázleletein

from the point of view of robusticity; in Grave III. without urn there were found the remains of a moderately robust female. The cremation of skeletons is mediocre, or less than mediocre. The bones of the animal in Urn 2. are hardly singed. The fragments of human farmes are generally greyish-white with some tint of brownishyellow. They give sharp sounds, but they are lumpily broken. Radial splits rarely occur even on the fragments of crania. Cracks are generally vaulted, deformation is insignificant. Charasteristic cremation rites can be substantiated to some extent only in the case of Grave I. and III. without urn. In these two cases the fragments of the skull and the limbs form a clear majority which may refer to the slighter degree of cremation of these parts of the body. The center of the fire or glowing embers must have been about the trunk and the body was cremated without mutilation. Since we cannot find similar phenomena with other graves, we must not exclude the possibility that occasionally the body was placed differently on the pile. The two layers of Grave III. are of special interest in which they first collected and buried mainly the fragments of the skull and later those of the trunk. LITERATURE 1. Acsádi, Gy., Nemeskéri, J. (1970): History of Human Life Span and Mortality. Akadémiai, Budapest 2. Augier, M. (1931): Squelette céphalique. In: Poirier, A., Charpy, A., Nicolas, A., Traité d'anatomie humaine. Masson, Paris 3. Bennett, K. A. (1965): The etiology and genetics of wormian bones. Am. J. Phys. Anthrop., 23: 255—260. 4. Breitinger, E. (1959): Das Brandknochengemenge von Dauborn. Nassauische Annalen, 65; 48—61. 5. Brothwell, D. R. (1965): Digging up Bones. British Museum, London 6. Camps, F. E. (1953): Medical and scientific investigations in the Christie case. London 7. Chochol, J. (1958): Bisherige Ergebnisse einer anthropologischen Analyse der Lausitzer Brandgräber in Böhmischen Ländern, Pam. Arch., 49: 559—582. 8. Chochol, J. (1961): Analyse menschlicher Brandreste aus den Lausitzer Gräberfeldern in Ushi nad Laben-Streckov II. und in Zirovice, Bezirk Cheb. In: Plesl, E., Luzichea Kultúra v seveo-západnich cechach. pp. 273—293. 9. Gejvall, N. G. (1948): Bestämming av de brända benen fran Gravarna in Horn. Kungl. Vitterhets Hist. Antikvit. Handl., 60: 153—180. 10. Grimm, H., Theis,,G. (1964): Der gegenwärtige Stand der Leichenbranduntersuchungen. Ausgrabungen und Funde, 6: 299—306. 22