Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 83. (Budapest 1991)
Pais, I. ; Tóth, T.: Human paleonutrition [sic] in the Carpathian Basin from the Neolithic to Mediaeval times based on osteochemical analysis
Fig. 2. Macroelement concentrations Fig. 3. Trace-element concentrations in samples of Neolithic age in samples of Neolithic age Neolithic and from 2 Copper-age cemeteries are shown. In the third the most important result is shown: near the river Danube the values of different chemical elements are usually much lower than those near the river Tisza. These regional divergencies reflect symptomatic congruence with paleosomatological results obtained recently: Kisköre vs. Ágostonpuszta (TÓTH 1987). If we see the correlation between the Neolithic and the Copper age, we have chosen two localities, which are geographically very near: Aszód from the Neolithic, Alsónémedi from the Copper age. If we evaluate the concentrations of the twelve elements, eight elements of the Neolithic samples showed higher while four elements (copper, manganese, lead and zinc) showed lower values. When comparing our analytical results with data published from the Neolithic age by FRANCALACCI (1989) we have: his barium, manganese, strontium and vanadium values very similar to ours by the river Danube, but much lower than ours near the river Tisza. This latter difference is three-four times higher in our samples. The copper-values in the Italian series are roughly the same as in our samples. The magnesium concentrations in the above-mentioned Italian samples are two to six times lower, than in our measurements. It is very interesting to consider the correlation in the case of zinc-values: in Italy (cave) they measured about three times higher concentrations than we did. In conclusion, we can state the following: a/ The average values of the evaluated elements are higher by two to ten times near the river Tisza than in places near the Danube. The relation is reverse only in the case of copper, and the differences are relatively lower in the case
