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Scorrione-West, dated to 4th – 6th centuries AD, represents a unique site, both archaeologically and methodologically. Archaeological material suggests intermingling of various cultural groups. The presented report aims to add more data regarding the human aspect at Scorrione. It provides initial findings and results of anthropological analysis of the human remains excavated at the site during the season 2020 – 2021. Minimum number of excavated individuals was 16. In graves from the inner cave, young and prime-age adults, both males and females, were buried, all younger than 40 years of age. All but one grave contained the remains of more than one individual, even though flooding may have played a role. In Grave 40, five individuals with no apparent relation with each other were buried, probably not at the same time. The results of macroscopically osteological analysis appear to be consistent with archaeological data suggesting mostly hard-working individuals and the presence of multiple cultural groups, even though the 16 individuals do not necessarily represent the whole community.
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The burials within a settlement area are a common phenome­non since the Neolithic, and they appear practically throughout the whole Prehistory. Until these days, no extramural cemeteries of the Ludanice group have been discovered; most burials comprise of human skeletons, or rather their parts, buried in separate graves or in settlement pits within the area of the settlement. Separate graves belong to individuals buried according to a certain rite, lying in crouched position either on the right or the left side, body orientations vary. In addition, these graves are not as richly equipped as those of contemporary Tiszapolgár or Bodrogkeresztúr cultures in the Tisa basin. The Ludanice group used to bury their dead in the settlement pits as well as in graves, both being considered a part of the Ludanice group burial rite. As regards the burials in the pits, human remains were buried either according to the burial rite or casually. As indicated by positions of the skeletons (on the back or on the front), absence of burial equipment, and perimortem and lethal injuries. No burial ceremony was probably performed in case of casually buried individuals.
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