TABLE 1. THE TEMPORAL FRAME AND THE NUMBER OF SKELETONS
PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR THE ANALYSES.
 Period Dates Skeletons Sites
 Mesolithic 10,000-4,000 BC 89 6
 Neolithic 6,000-1,500 BC 418 9
 Bronze Age 1,800-500 BC 419 2
 Pre-Roman Iron Age 1,000-0 BC 340 6
 Roman Iron Age 100 BC-AD 500 191 2
 Early Middle Ages AD 500-1050 1088 7
 Late Middle Ages AD 1050-1550 106 1

 SOUTHERN SCANDINAVIAN MATERIAL

 Early Roman Iron Age 0 BC - AD 200 186 many
 Late Roman Iron Age AD 200-400 104 many
 Middle Ages AD 1000-1536 1479 6
 All periods   4420