Taking the 5000 year old "Jettböle skeletons" out of the closet: a palaeo-medical examination of human remains from the Aland (Ahvenanmaa) Islands.

ABSTRACT

Results of a somewhat preliminary bioanthropological study on the skeletal material from the Pitted ware site of jettböle, excavated in the parish of jomala, Aland (Ahvenanmaa) Islands, some 85-90 years ago are presented, and the causes for the disorderly distribution, including the possibility of cannibalism, are discussed.