Tamás Szeniczey

Position: 
assistant curator
Department: 
Department of Anthropology
Collection: 
Post-Pleistocene Collection, Török-Aurél Collection
Address: 
H-1083 Ludovika tér 2, Budapest, Hungary
Mailing address: 
H-1431 Budapest, POB 137, Hungary
Telephone: 
*
Email: 
szeniczey.tamas@nhmus.hu
Postgraduate/doctoral degrees: 
PhD
Research interest: 

Physical anthropological, paleopathological and biodistance analysis of human remains from the ancient Carpathian Basin; Migration Period, metabolic disorders, statistical modeling

Actual research: 

Population history of Bronze Age and Migration Period of the Carpathian Basin
Population history of ancient Sardinia and Umbria, Italy

Expeditions and study trips: 

2015 Italy, Foligno (Umbria), Abbazia di Sassovivo
2016 Italy, Foligno (Umbria), Abbazia di Sassovivo
2017 Italy, Foligno (Umbria), Abbazia di Sassovivo
2017 Rep. of Ireland, Dublin, School of Archaeology, University College Dublin
2017 Romania, Satu Mare, Satu Mare County Museum
2017 Croatia, Zagreb, Institute for Anthropological Research
2018 Romania, Satu Mare, Satu Mare County Museum
2018 Italy, Foligno (Umbria), Abbazia di Sassovivo
2018 Croatia, Zagreb, Institute for Anthropological Research 2019 Italy, Foligno (Umbria), Abbazia di Sassovivo
2019 Italy, Suelli (Sardinia)
2019 Italy, Ravenna (Emilia-Romagna)

 

 

Teaching: 

Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Science, Budapest (Hungary)

Lectures: Paleopathology

Practicals: Human Biology II; Physical anthropological research methods

Exhibitions: 

2017 Avars Revived. Temporary exhibition of the Hungarian National Museum, Budapest
2017 Permanent exhibiton of the Nederlands Openlucht Museum, Arnhem, Netherlands

 

Museum pedagogy: 

2015 A honfoglalók embertana. Day of Archaeology. Dobó István Castle Museum, Eger. 30.06.2015

Science dissemination: 

2017 Scopinaro, E., Hajdu, T., Pap, I., Szeniczey, T. (2017) A folignói (Olaszország) Santa Croce apátság: egy interdiszciplináris kutatási projekt. Magyar Régészet Online Magazin 
2018 & 2019 Researchers’ Night at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
2018 Eötvös Scientific Summer Camp

 

Selected publications: 
1. Szeniczey, T., Bernert, Zs., Czuppon, T., Marcsik, A., Szabó, G., Hajdu, T. (2013): Embertani adatok Tolna megye avar korához. Anthropologiai Közlemények, 54: 59–76.
 
2. Wolff, K., Bernert, Zs., Balassa, T., Szeniczey, T., Kiss, K. Cs., Hajdu, T. (2014): Two suture craniosynostosis a presentation that need to be noted. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, 25(2): 714–715. 
 
3. Köhler, K., Marcsik, A., Zádori, P., Biro, G., Szeniczey, T., Fábián, Sz., Serlegi, G., Marton, T., Donoghue, H.D., Hajdu, T. (2017): Possible cases of leprosy from the Late Copper Age (3780-3650 cal BC) in Hungary. PLoS ONE 12(10): e0185966. 
 
4. Szeniczey, T., Marcsik, A., Hajdu, T. (2018): The physical anthropological analysis of grave A-108 of the Kölked-Feketekapu Cemetery. Appendix. In: Vida, T. (Szerk.) Being Avar! A Case Study for Changes in the Social Display of Identity in the Early Avar Period. 419–431. In: Drauschke, J., Kühtreiber, E., Kieslinger, K. Kühltreiber, T., Scharrer-Liska, G., Vida T. (Eds.): Lebenswelten zwischen Archäologie und Geschichte. Festschrift für Falko Daim zu Seinem 65. Geburtstag. Verlag des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums, pp. 432–436. 
 
5. Szeniczey, T., Hajdu, T., Marcsik, A. (2019): Skeletal remains of the Gepid period in the Great Hungarian Plain. Literature revi Szeniczey, T., Hajdu, T., Marcsik, A. (2019): Skeletal remains of the Gepid period in the Great Hungarian Plain. Literature review. In: Gál, Sz.S. (Ed.) The talking dead (2). Past and present of biological anthropology. The heritage of Török Aurél’s Oeuvre. Bibliotheca Musei Marisiensis - Series Archaeologica 17. Mega Publishing House, Targu Mures.
 
6. Olalde, I., Brace, S., Allentoft, M.E., Armit, I., Kristiansen, K., Booth, T., Rohland, N., Mallick, S., Szécsényi-Nagy, A., Mittnik, A., Altena, E., Lipson, M., Lazaridis, I., Harper, T.K., Patterson, N., Broomandkhoshbacht, N., Diekmann, Y., Faltyskova, Z., Fernandes, D., Ferry, M., Harney, E., de Knijff, P., Michel, M., Oppenheimer, J., Stewardson, K., Barclay, A., Alt, K.W., Liesau, C., Ríos, P., Blasco, C., Miguel, J.V., García, R.M., Fernández, A.A., Bánffy, E., Bernabò-Brea, M., Billoin, D., Bonsall, C., Bonsall, L., Allen, T., Büster, L., Carver, S., Navarro. L,C,, Craig, O.E., Cook, G.T., Cunliffe, B., Denaire, A., Dinwiddy, K.E., Dodwell, N., Ernée, M., Evans, C., Kuchařík, M., Farré, J.F., Fowler, C., Gazenbeek, M., Pena, R.G., Haber-Uriarte, M., Haduch, E., Hey, G., Jowett, N., Knowles, T., Massy, K., Pfrengle, S., Lefranc, P., Lemercier, O., Lefebvre, A., Martínez, C.H., Olmo, V.G., Ramírez, A.B., Maurandi, J.L., Majó, T., McKinley, J.I., McSweeney, K., Mende, B.G., Modi, A., Kulcsár, G., Kiss, V., Czene, A., Patay, R., Endrődi, A., Köhler, K., Hajdu, T., Szeniczey, T., Dani, J., Bernert, Z., Hoole, M., Cheronet, O., Keating, D., Velemínský, P., Dobeš, M., Candilio, F., Brown, F., Fernández, R.F., Herrero-Corral, A.M., Tusa, S., Carnieri, E., Lentini, L., Valenti, A., Zanini, A., Waddington, C., Delibes, G., Guerra-Doce, E., Neil, B., Brittain, M., Luke, M., Mortimer, R., Desideri, J., Besse, M., Brücken, G., Furmanek, M., Hałuszko, A., Mackiewicz, M., Rapiński, A., Leach, S., Soriano, I., Lillios, K.T., Cardoso, J.L., Pearson, M.P., Włodarczak, P., Price, T.D., Prieto, P., Rey, P.J., Risch, R., Guerra, M.A.R., Schmitt, A., Serralongue, J., Silva, A.M., Smrčka, V., Vergnaud, L., Zilhão, J., Caramelli, D., Higham, T., Thomas, M.G., Kennett, D.J., Fokkens, H., Heyd, V., Sheridan, A., Sjögren, K.G., Stockhammer. P.W., Krause, J., Pinhasi, R., Haak, W., Barnes, I., Lalueza-Fox, C., Reich, D. (2018): The Beaker Phenomenon and the Genomic Transformation of Northwest Europe. Nature 555: 190-196. 
 
7. Mathieson, I., Alpaslan-Roodenberg, S., Posth, C., Szécsényi-Nagy, A., Rohland, N., Mallick, S., Olalde, I., Broomandkhoshbacht, N., Candilio, F., Cheronet, O., Fernandes, D., Ferry, M., Gamarra, B., Fortes, G.G., Haak, W., Harney, E., Jones, E., Keating, D., Krause-Kyora, B., Kucukkalipci, I., Michel, M., Mittnik, A., Nägele, K., Novak, M., Oppenheimer, J., Patterson, N., Pfrengle, S., Sirak, K., Stewardson, K., Vai, S., Alexandrov, S., Alt, K.W., Andreescu, R., Antonović, D., Ash, A., Atanassova, N., Bacvarov, K., Gusztáv, M.B., Bocherens, H., Bolus, M., Boroneanţ, A., Boyadzhiev, Y., Budnik, A., Burmaz, J., Chohadzhiev, S., Conard, N.J., Cottiaux, R., Čuka, M., Cupillard, C., Drucker, D.G., Elenski, N., Francken, M., Galabova, B., Ganetsovski, G., Gély, B., Hajdu, T., Handzhyiska, V., Harvati, K., Higham, T., Iliev, S., Janković, I., Karavanić, I., Kennett, D.J., Komšo, D., Kozak, A., Labuda, D., Lari, M., Lazar, C., Leppek, M., Leshtakov, K., Vetro, D.L., Los, D., Lozanov, I., Malina, M., Martini, F., McSweeney, K., Meller, H., Menđušić, M., Mirea, P., Moiseyev, V., Petrova, V., Price, T.D., Simalcsik, A., Sineo, L., Šlaus, M., Slavchev, V., Stanev, P., Starović, A., Szeniczey, T., Talamo, S., Teschler-Nicola, M., Thevenet, C., Valchev, I., Valentin, F., Vasilyev, S., Veljanovska, F., Venelinova, S., Veselovskaya, E., Viola, B., Virag, C., Zaninović, J., Zäuner, S., Stockhammer, P.W., Catalano, G., Krauß, R., Caramelli, D., Zariņa, G., Gaydarska, B., Lillie, M., Nikitin, A.G., Potekhina, I., Papathanasiou, A., Borić, D., Bonsall, C., Krause, J., Pinhasi, R., Reich, D. (2018): The genomic history of southeastern Europe. Nature 555: 197-203.
 
8. Sirak, K.A., Fernandes, D.M., Cheronet, O., Novak M., Gamarra, B., Balassa, T., Bernert Zs., Cséki, A., Dani, J., Gallina, Zs., Kocsis-Buruzs, G., Kővári, I., László, O., Pap, I., Patay, R., Petkes, Zs., Szenthe, G., Szeniczey, T., Hajdu, T., Pinhasi, R. (2017): Cranial base drilling: A minimally-invasive access to human petrous bones for ancient DNA analysis. Biotechniques 62(6), 283–289.
 
9. Szeniczey, T., Marcsik, A., Ács, Zs. et al. Balassa, T., Bernert, Z., Bakó, K., Czuppon, T., Endrődi, A., Évinger, S.,Farkas, Z.; Hlavenková, L.; Hoppál, K., Kálmán, Kiss C., Kiss, K., Kocsis, K., Kovács, L.O., Kovács, P.F., Köhler, K., Költő, L., Kővári, I., László, O, Lovász, G., Lovranits, J., Lukács, J., Masek, Z., Merczi, M., Molnár, E., Németh, C.E., Ódor, J.G., Paja, L., Pap, I., Patay, R.; Rácz, I., Rácz, Z., Ritoók, Á., Szenthe, G., Szilas, G., Szőke, B.M., Tóth, Z., Vida, T., Wolff, K., Finnegan, M., Hajdu, T. (2019): Hyperostosis frontalis interna in ancient populations from the Carpathian Basin – a possible relationship between lifestyle and risk of development. Int. J. Paleopathol. 24, 108–118. 
 
10. Sirak, K., Fernandes, D., Cheronet, O., Harney, E., Matthew, M., Mallick, S., Rohland, N., Adamski, N., Broomandkhoshbacht, N., Callan, K., Candilio, F., Lawson, A.M., Mandl, K., Oppenheimer, J., Stewardson, K., Zalzala, F., Anders, A., Bartík, J., Coppa, A., Tumen, D., Évinger, S., Farkaš, Z., Hajdu, T., Bayarsaikhan, J., McIntyre, L., Moiseyev, V., Okumura, M., Pap, I., Pietrusewsky, M., Raczky, P., Šefčáková, A., Soficaru, A., Szeniczey, T., Szőke, B.M., Van Gerven, D., Vasilyev, S., Bell, L., Reich, D., Pinhasi, R. (2019): Human auditory ossicles as an alternative optimal source of ancient DNA. Genome Research, gr.260141.119. Published in Advance February 25, 2020, doi:10.1101/gr.260141.119