Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 95. (Budapest 2003)

Bernert, Zs.: Anthropological analysis of the Avar Period cemetery of Kereki-Homokbánya

Table 8 (continued) Grave Invent Sex Age Characterization 142 944 147. ? 20-80 Fragments of skeleton. 143 944 148. Male '? 60-64 Cranium and incomplete, fragmentary skeleton. 144 944 149. Female 3034 Incomplete, fragmentary cranium and incomplete, fragmentary skeletal bones. 145 944 150. Male 3034 Cranium and postcranial skeletal bones. 146 944 151. Female 15-17 Incomplete, fragmentary cranium and postcranial skeleton. 147 No anthropological material could be found. 148 944 152. Female 35-39 Incomplete, fragmentary cranium and incomplete, fragmentary skeletal bones. 149 944 153. Male ? 20-80 Incomplete, fragmentary skeletal bones. 150 944 154. Female?45-54 Incomplete, fragmentary skeletal bones. 151 944 155. Male ? 55-59 Incomplete, deformed skull. From serological data with purely genetic background (LENGYEL 1989) the distribution of '

s dominant I

A and I

B alleles (genes) could be established by - by the above mentioned three aspects. Stature was estimated on the basis of length of long bones. This entailed the non-observance of spinal column, the part of the skeleton most directly influenced by age related changes and enviromental effects for calculating stature. This way our stature values - and bone lenght values supporting them - depended on genetic constitution up to 90%. When applying the two samples t-test for the estimated stature data of the two groups, we arrived at results one order of magnitude lower, than the level of significance. It also indicated a genetic similarity. The exact order of succession of non-metric characteristics was not known. We found four characteristics observable on more than five individuals in both groups: sutura supranasalis, incisura supraorbitalis medialis, torus palatínus and spina mentalis. One or two orders of magnitude sized shortfalls could be established by The two groups presented no significant differences according to morphological marks indicating sexual dimorphism and according to the estimated age at the time of death too. This was a result not easy to interpret (and it would require a long explanation), as both the sex determining and age estimating features were partly determined by genetics, and partly by enviromental factors. The most plausible reason for the significant similarity could be the similarity of genetical and environmental backgrounds (and the small interpersonal fault of analysis).