Issues related to the age of the dead and the individual life cycle as viewed through the prism of archaeological finds have been discussed in the archaeological literature, with the most common focus on a selected population group, especially children. Exceptions include analyses covering the entire population or most of it. Based on materials from early medieval cemeteries from Polish lands and anthropological analyses, an attempt has been made to grasp correlations and links between the elements of armaments included in post-mortem equipment and the age of those buried with them. It can be assumed that in the successive stages of the human life cycle, which on the one hand were regulated by biological processes, and on the other had social and cultural references, there were changes in the structure of military equipment. It is therefore expedient to ask questions about their causes and conditions.