This research focuses on 134 individual tombs from the Bell Beaker period (3rd millennium BCE) in central Europe. Some of these tombs contain an archaeological context linked to archery, which raises questions concerning the role of archery, warfare, and social stratification during the end of the Neolithic. This study adopts an archaeological perspective aiming to explore these concepts further as well as an anthropological perspective looking to increase the probability of identifying specialized archery on the skeleton. The primary results show no association between the funerary context and the physical development expected from a theoretical archer profile, indicating that the grave goods were social rather than practical. This establishes a link between the ideals associated with warfare and an important social status within a community. Secondary results further identify a probable labor differentiation between social classes and demonstrate the promise of applying anthropological analyses to identifications of occupation and specialization.