In this paper we compare the prevalence of osteoarthritis (OA) of hip and knee joints on skeletons series and relations between them. OA was registered from 166 individuals of Neolithic and protohistorical periods. Between Neolithic and Iron Age periods the ratio [hip OA/ knee OA] increases with diminution of knee OA prevalence; the ratio [patello-femoral OA / tibio-femoral OA] rather tends to ...