| Series |
Bioarchaeology and social theory, 2567-6776
Bioarchaeology and social theory. ^A1325584
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| Contents |
Foreword -- Chapter 1. Introduction: The Mother-Infant Nexus in Archaeology and Anthropology -- Part 1. Infant and maternal health in bioarchaeology -- Infants in the bioarchaeological past: who cares? -- Like mother, like child: Investigating perinatal and maternal health stress in Post-Medieval London -- The mother-infant nexus revealed by linear enamel hypoplasia: Chronological and contextual evaluation of developmental stress using incremental microstructures of enamel in late/final jomon period hunter-gathers -- Part 2. Nourishment and the Nexus -- The ecology of breastfeeding and mother-infant immune functions -- What doesn't kill you: Early life health and nutrition in early Anglo-Saxon East Anglia -- Cooperative Lactation and the Mother-Infant Nexus -- Part 3. Social and cognitive interactions in early life -- Mothering tongues: Anthropological perspectives on language and the Mother-Infant Nexus -- The Mother-Infant sleep nexus: night-time experiences in early infancy and later outcomes -- Moving beyond the obstetrical dilemma hypothesis: Birth, weaning and infant care in the Plio-Pleistocene -- Part 4. Rupturing the nexus: infant loss in the archaeological record -- Using bone histology to identify stillborn infants in the archaeological record -- Archaeothanatology as a tool for interpreting death during pregnancy: A proposed methodology using examples from Medieval Ireland -- Touching the surface: Biological, behavioural, and emotional aspects of plagiocephaly at Harappa -- Ruptured: Reproductive loss, bodily boundaries, time and the life course in archaeology -- Concluding thoughts: Small beginnings, significant outcomes -- Index. |
| Abstract |
Variable constructions of this dyad across cultures, including conceptualisations of the pregnant body, the beginnings of life, and implications for health. This is particularly topical because there is a burgeoning awareness within anthropology regarding the centrality of mother-infant interactions for understanding the evolution of our species, infant and maternal health and care strategies, epigenetic change, and biological and social development. This book will bring together cultural and biological anthropologists and archaeologists to examine the infant-maternal interface in past societies. It will showcase innovative theoretical and methodological approaches towards understanding societal constructions of foetal, infant and maternal bodies. It will emphasise their interconnectivity and will explore the broader significance of the mother/infant nexus for overall population well-being. . |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN | 9783030273927 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 303027392X (hardcover) |
| ISBN | eBook |
| ISBN | 9783030273958 |
| ISBN | 3030273954 |
