Theme:
4. People of the Present – Peopling the Past
Session format:
Regular session
Title:
Through Infancy and Beyond: Bioarchaeological Perspectives of Childhood in the Past
Content:
Infancy, childhood, and adolescence are fundamental aspects within all our lives, representing unique periods of biological, social, and cultural growth and development. With critical understanding of the importance and impact that these integral periods have on our overall life-course, increasing numbers of bioarchaeological investigations into the experiences of these young individuals are being undertaken. Both social-cultural explorations of the interactions between non-adults, their mothers, and the social worlds and communities in which they develop have emerged, in addition to several innovative methodological advancements in skeletal analysis, such as new macroscopic methods for estimating pubertal stage, juvenile peptide sex estimation, and increasing numbers of isotopic analyses looking at dietary, weaning and health stress, as well as 3D and medical imaging to understand growth and pathological processes. Non-adult bioarchaeology is thus of sustained, contemporary importance. This session aims to highlight new interdisciplinary research focusing on these young lives, unbound by temporal or geographical constraints, drawing together researchers and projects to consider new advances in non-adult bioarchaeology.
Keywords:
Life-course, Non-adult, Bioarchaeology, Osteology, Material Culture, Juvenile
Session associated with MERC:
no
Session associated with CIfA:
no
Session associated with SAfA:
no
Session associated with CAA:
no
Session associated with DGUF:
no
Session associated with other:
Main organiser:
Claire Hodson (United Kingdom) 1
Co-organisers:
Jenna Dittmar (United Kingdom) 2
Antony Colombo (France) 3
Affiliations:
1. University of Reading
2. University of Aberdeen
3. École Pratique des Hautes Études
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