Table 1. Central European sample details.
| Time Period and Culture | ApproximateDate (BC)* | Cemetery | Cemetery Location | Collection Housed At: | Individuals (males/females) |
| Neolithic | 83 (49/34) | ||||
| Early | |||||
| LBK | 5300–5100* | Vedrovice | Czech Republic | Moravian Museum (Brno) | 18 (6/12) |
| LBK | 5370–4980* | Nitra Horné Krškany | Slovakia | Moravian Museum (Brno) | 12 (7/5) |
| LBK | 5260–5010* | Schwetzingen | Germany | Stuttgart Regional Council, State Conservation Office- Osteology (Konstanz) | 13 (8/5) |
| LBK | 5200–4960* | Stuttgart-Mühlhausen | Germany | University of Tübingen | 22 (13/9) |
| ALP | 5300–5070* | Polgár-Ferenci-hát | Hungary | Hungarian Natural History Museum (Budapest) | 8 (6/2) |
| Middle | |||||
| Vinča | ∼4950–4600* | Hrtkovci-Gomolava | Serbia | Museum of Vojvodina (Novi Sad) | 10 (9/1) |
| Bronze Age | 62 (34/28) | ||||
| Early | |||||
| Únětice | 2300–1700 | Brno-Tuřany | Czech Republic | Masaryk University (Brno) | 12 (8/4) |
| Maros | ∼1600/1500 | Ostojićevo | Serbia | National Museum of Kikinda | 33 (15/18) |
| Middle | |||||
| Füzesabony | 1550–1450 | Polgár Kenderföld | Hungary | Hungarian Natural History Museum (Budapest) | 17 (11/6) |
| Iron Age | 35 (14/21) | ||||
| Early | |||||
| Bosut | 850–600/500 | Hrtkovci-Gomolava | Serbia | Museum of Vojvodina (Novi Sad) | 6 (3/3) |
| Middle | |||||
| Celtic | 400–200 | Brno-Maloměřice | Czech Republic | Moravian Museum (Brno) | 14 (4/10) |
| Late | |||||
| Scythian | 385-100AD* | Tápiószele | Hungary | Hungarian Natural History Museum (Budapest) | 15 (7/8) |
* indicates calibrated radiocarbon date; N = number of individuals; LBK = Linearbandkeramik; ALP = Alföld Linear Pottery; dates from: [49, 51 57, 62, 93, 95, 117–118, 134, 147], Zdeněk Tvrdý, pers. comm.