Unearthing Late Medieval children : health, status and burial practice in southern England / Heidi Dawson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dawson, Heidi, author.

Series:

BAR British series ; 593.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--England, Southern--Social life and customs--History--To 1500.

Children.

Children--Health and hygiene--England, Southern--History--To 1500.

Children--England, Southern--Death--History--To 1500.

Human remains (Archaeology)--England, Southern.

Human remains (Archaeology).

Excavations (Archaeology)--England, Southern.

Excavations (Archaeology).

England, Southern--Antiquities.

England, Southern.

Antiquities.

Children--Death.

Children--Health and hygiene.

Children--Social life and customs.

Southern England.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 159 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).

Other Title:

British Archaeological Reports.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : British Archaeological Reports Ltd, 2014.

Summary:

"This study explores the status of children in the late medieval period (AD 1066-1539) based on two concepts of the child; biological and cultural. The biological evidence is explored by an osteoarchaeological analysis of sub-adult skeletal remains concentrating on markers related to status, such as, age, rates of growth, the presence of stress indicators, and rates of dental wear. The cultural aspect involves an analysis of the funerary context, such as, location of burial, position of the body, and grave inclusions, as well as reference to historical sources depicting the role of children."--Publisher's web site.

Contents:

Introduction. Aims ; Interpretation of status and stress ; Skeletal collections analysed ; Chapter structure

Defining the child: a biocultural approach. Introduction ; Addressing the "invisibility" of children in archaeology ; Cultural concepts of the child ; Biological concepts ; Summary

The Medieval child. Introduction ; Assessing the medieval concept of a child ; Representations of children ; Childhood accidents, diseases and death ; Children's artefacts, games and toys ; Summary

Medieval populations, burial practice and taphonomic bias. Introduction ; Palaeodemography ; Burial practice ; Taphonomy ; Summary

Childhood health and the interpretation of stress indicators. Introduction ; The dentition ; Metabolic disease ; Infectious disease ; Summary

Sites and skeletal collections. Introduction ; The Priory of St. Peter and St. Paul, Taunton, Somerset ; The Priory of St. Oswald, Gloucester ; The Priory of St. Gregory, Canterbury ; Summary

Methodology. Burial inventory ; Skeletal inventory ; Dental inventory ; Ageing ; Dental wear ; Metrical and non-metrical data ; Pathology ; Questions and hypotheses ; Summary

Results. Demography ; Funerary context ; Preservation ; Dental wear ; Episodes of stress ; Growth and development ; Other pathologies ; Summary

Discussion. Introduction ; Chapter review ; Interpretation of results

Conclusion. Research aims ; Summary of findings ; Limitations ; Future research

Appendix A. Medieval wills

Appendix B. Conversion of numbers on Figure 6.8 (Area 4, Taunton Priory) to actual skeleton numbers

Appendix C. Tables used for ageing tooth formation stages

Appendix D. Descriptive statistics of long bone lengths. Femur ; Tibia ; Humerus ; Radius ; Ulna ; Fibula

References cited.

Notes:

Based on the the author's thesis (doctoral)--2011.

"40 years of BAR"--Back cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-159).

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9781407322742

1407322745

9781407312477

1407312472

OCLC:

1198082456

Publisher Number:

B593 BAR Publishing