During archaeological excavations in the early modern
cemetery in Kernavé, Lithuania, a complete skeleton of a
presumed adult male individual was found (grave 108). This
skeleton showed a short right humerus and missing radius,
ulna and hand. Other parts of the skeleton appeared to be
normal, characteristic of a robust constitution. The skeletal
material was analysed by macroscopic and radiological
techniques. Sex and age were determined following the
suggestions of the European Association of Anthropologists
(Ferembach et al. 1980), measurements were recorded
according to Martin (1928) and Bräuer (1988), and the
pathological alterations according to Schultz (1988). The
robustness and the measurements indicate a male individual,
whose age was put at 40–45 y using the combined method
(cf. Ferembach et al. 1980; Szilvássy, 1988) of cranial suture
closure, spongiosa structure of the proximal humerus and
femur and structure of the pubic symphysis. Skeletal
elements analysed included both humeri, clavicles and scapulae.