“What we can say is that this individual would have likely had extra care needs where support from other community members was needed,” they write, “possibly both as the result of physical and/or mental disability, and that these would have presented early in life or were apparent at birth.” Forbes piece by Kristina Killgrove https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1879981719301342 […] […]
Recently published in Antiquity via Book review of Sally Crawford, Dawn M. Hadley & Gillian Shepherd (ed.). The Oxford handbook of the archaeology of childhood. 2018 — The Bioarchaeology of Childhood | Sian Halcrow
See Kristina Killgrove’s Forbes story on this new paper. Two infants have been interred with bone helmets (the skull cap) of other juveniles at the ritual complex of Salango in Ecuador dated to 100BC. This is the first evidence globally for the manipulation of infant and child skulls in this way. The bones used for […] […]
A new study has found the first evidence in ancient China of a mother and newborn baby who died as the result of birth complications. Writing in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology Zhao and colleagues describe a young woman buried with a newborn baby placed between her lower legs from Huigou, a Yangshao 仰韶文化(Neolithic) site […] […]
Published in Nature News and Views The foods used to supplement or replace breast milk in infants’ diets in prehistoric times aren’t fully understood. The finding that ancient feeding vessels from Europe had residues of animal milk offers a clue. Small pottery vessels, sometimes with animal-like forms (Fig. 1), containing a spout through which liquid […] […]
We are delighted to announce the SSCIP 2019 Conference Programme hosted by the University of Sheffield. Also, for those of you who are yet to register, please note that registration is still open and will remain open until the 30th of September 2019. Please find the link for registration below. https://onlineshop.shef.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/faculty-of-arts-and-humanities/archaeology/rebels-without-a-cause-accessing-and-exploring-adolescentsadolescence-in-the-past If anyone has any […]
Post by Kirsty Squires and Esme Hookway Another year, another Society for American Archaeology (SAA) conference. This year the conference took place between 10th-14th April 2019 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past (SSCIP) sponsored the “Health and Welfare of Children in the Past” session, organised by Esme […]
Here is the editorial by Eileen Murphy for the most recent volume of CiP. Enjoy! Welcome to the spring issue of Volume twelve of Childhood in the Past, the journal of the Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past (SSCIP). The issue starts with a welcome address by newly elected SSCIP President, Dr […]
Rebels Without a Cause? Accessing and Exploring Adolescents/Adolescence in the Past 12th Annual Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past Conference Location: University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England, U.K Dates: 30th October – 1st November 2019 Organisers: Dr Katie Hemer, Dr Sophie Newman Host Department: Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield The 2019 SSCIP Conference seeks to […]
Rebels Without a Cause? Accessing and Exploring Adolescents/Adolescence in the Past 12th Annual Conference of the Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past Location: University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England, U.K Dates: 30th October – 1st November 2019 Organisers: Dr Katie Hemer, Dr Sophie Newman Host Department: Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield Adolescence – the period […]