| Children, Death and Burial: Archaeological Discourses Contributor(s): Murphy, Eileen (Editor), Le Roy, Mélie (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1785707124 ISBN-13: 9781785707124 Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited OUR PRICE: $56.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - Science | Life Sciences - Biology |
| Dewey: 930.1 |
| LCCN: 2017015743 |
| Series: Archaeology of Childhood |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.7" W x 9.4" (1.60 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Children, Death and Burials assembles a panorama of studies with a focus on juvenile burials; the 16 papers have a wide geographic and temporal breadth and represent a range of methodological approaches. All have a similar objective in mind, however, namely to understand how children were treated in death by different cultures in the past; to gain insights concerning the roles of children of different ages in their respective societies and to find evidence of the nature of past adult-child relationships and interactions across the life course. The contextualisation and integration of the data collected, both in the field and in the laboratory, enables more nuanced understandings to be gained in relation to the experiences of the young in the past. A broad range of issues are addressed within the volume, including the inclusion/exclusion of children in particular burial environments and the impact of age in relation to the place of children in society. Child burials clearly embody identity and 'the domestic child', 'the vulnerable child', 'the high status child', 'the cherished child', 'the potential child', 'the ritual child' and the 'political child', and combinations thereof, are evident throughout the narratives. Investigation of the burial practices afforded to children is pivotal to enlightenment in relation to key facets of past life, including the emotional responses shown towards children during life and in death, as well as an understanding of their place within the social strata and ritual activities of their societies. An important new collection of papers by leading researchers in funerary archaeology, examining the particular treatment of juvenile burials in the past. In particular focuses on the expression of varying status and identity of children in the funerary archaeological record as a key to understanding the place of children in different societies. |
Contributor Bio(s): Murphy, Eileen: - Eileen Murphy is a Senior Lecturer in Archaeology in the School of Natural and Built Environments, Queen's University Belfast. Her research focuses particularly on human skeletal populations recovered from prehistoric Russia and from all periods in Ireland. She is particularly interested in the use of osteoarchaeological information to help further our understanding of the daily lives and experiences of the people who lived in the past, as well as mortuary practices.Le Roy, Melie: - Dr Mélie Le Roy currently teaches archaeology (ATER) at Montpellier University. She completed her doctorate in biological anthropology at Bordeaux University. Her research concerned the study of the skeletal remains of children and the social consideration of this part of the population through funerary practices, based on the use in GIS in the analysis of funerary settlements. |
