Tracing childhood : bioarchaeological investigations of early lives in antiquity / edited by Jennifer L. Thompson, Marta P. Alfonso-Durruty, and John J. Crandall ; foreword by Clark Spencer Larsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Larsen, Clark Spencer, author of introduction, etc.

Contributor:

Thompson, Jennifer L., editor.

Alfonso-Durruty, Marta P., editor.

Crandall, John J., editor.

Series:

Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past.

Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past: local, regional, and global perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child development--History.

Child development.

Human remains (Archaeology).

Children--History.

Children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume proposes to examine nuanced issues of childhood such social identity, economic and social contribution, and health issues in the larger community. The authors use both very localized and very global data in their studies.

Contents:

Introduction: Children in prehistory: now seen, now heard / Jennifer L. Thompson, John J. Crandall, and Marta P. Alfonso-Durruty

Part I. The chosen child

Death and the special child: three examples from the ancient midwest / Della C. Cook, Andrew R. Thompson, and Amanda A. Rollins

Beyond victims: exploring the identity of sacrificed infants and children at La Cueva de los Muertos Chiquitos, Durango, Mexico (AD 571-1168) / John J. Crandall and Jennifer L. Thompson

Chinchorro mortuary practices on infants: Northern Chile Archaic period (BP 7000-3600) / Vivien G. Standen, Bernardo T. Arriaza, and Calogero M. Santoro

The "other" burials at Torre de Palma: childhood as special death in a Medieval Portuguese site / Sarah Holt, Stacey Hallman, Mary Lucas Powell, and Maia M. Langley

Part II. The desecrated child

The bioarchaeology of the homicide of infants and children / Simon Mays

Sense or sensationalism? Approaches to explaining high perinatal mortality in the past / Helen F. Gilmore and Siân E. Halcrow

A disciplined childhood in nineteenth-century new york city: a social bioarchaeology of the subadults of the Spring Street Presbyterian Church / Meredith A. B. Ellis

Part III. The working child

Childhood, colonialism, and nation-building: child labor in Virginia and New York / Autumn Barrett

Little helping hands: insights from Punta Teatinos, Chile / Marta P. Alfonso-Durruty and Jennifer L. Thompson

Children of the working class: environmental marginality and child health at Black Mesa, Arizona (AD

900-1150) / Debra L. Martin, Jennifer L. Thompson, and John J. Crandall

Part IV. The cultured child

Surviving childhood: health, identity, and personhood in the prehistoric American Southwest / Ann M. Palkovich

Tracing Tiwanaku childhoods: a bioarchaeological study of age and social identities in Tiwanaku Society / Deborah E. Blom and Kelly J. Knudson

Conclusion. Little bodies, big voices: the lives of children in the past / Marta P. Alfonso-Durruty, Jennifer L. Thompson, and John J. Crandall.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8130-5032-4

0-8130-4886-9

OCLC:

878103853