The main goal of the research was to broaden the knowledge with additional anthropological
and paleopathological data regarding to the population history of the 5th and 6th
centuries AD of the Eastern Carpathian Basin. 194 individuals from the Gepid Age cemetery
of Tiszaug-Országúti bevágás were analysed. According to the paleodemographic evaluation
63% of the community died before reaching adulthood. The mortality curve of males
reaches its peak approximately at the age 45–49, in case of females the curve was
bimodal: the rate of death peaks at the age 30–34 and 45–49 as well. The average estimated
stature was 169.1 cm for men, and 160.2 cm for women. A craniometric comparison of
the Tiszaug series with other populations living at the same area at the same time
was not possible. This fact is due to the lack of published metric data from the studied
era and time interval and due to the low number of measurable skulls without artificial
deformation from the Tiszaug cemetery. During the investigation, 25 individuals with
artificially deformed crania (ACD) were observed. Besides ACD, most of the frequently
observable pathological conditions (infectious conditions, stress markers, abnormality
of joints, etc.) were represented in the material.
