Theme:
2. Archaeological Sciences, Humanities and the Digital era: Bridging the Gaps
Session format:
Regular session
Title:
Exploring Traumatic Injuries Leading to Disability in the Pre-antibiotic Era: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Content:
This session will examine how individuals and past populations dealt with significant traumatic injuries which resulted in disability in the pre-antibiotic era. The session aims to explore different methodological approaches to help us contextualise traumatic injuries and their ongoing impact on both individuals and communities. We are particularly interested in i) how individuals adapted to their injuries, ii) likely healthcare support from the wider community, iii) material culture that may have assisted with daily tasks post-injury, e.g., protheses and tools, and iv) possible changes in diet following injury. Drawing upon a wide range of evidence, this session will move beyond a detailed description of traumatic injuries to understand the longer-term impact of the resulting disability on an individual across their life course. We hope to include archaeologists working with documentary evidence, material culture, and biomolecular analyses. Submissions can cover any period and geographical region. We also want to include new approaches to identifying and contextualising traumatic injuries. Theoretical presentations to initiate constructive and creative discussion among researchers working on trauma, disability and care are also welcome.
Keywords:
trauma, bioarchaeology, material culture, molecular analyses
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:
Ileana Micarelli (United Kingdom) 1
Co-organisers:
Catriona McKenzie (United Kingdom) 2
Magdalena Matczak (Poland) 3,4
Giulia Casagrande (Italy) 5
Affiliations:
1. McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, UK
2. Department of Archaeology, College of Humanities, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
3. Institute of Archaeology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, PL
4. Faculty of History, Adam Mickiewicz University, PL
5. Department of Classics, Sapienza University of Rome, IT
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