The bioarchaeology of children perspectives from biological and forensic anthropology
This book is entirely devoted to the study of children's skeletons from archaeological and forensic contexts. It provides an extensive review of the osteological methods and theoretical concepts of their analysis. Non-adult skeletons provide a wealth of information on the physical and social li...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press
2007.
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| Colección: | CUP ebooks.
Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 50. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39699821*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 The bioarchaeology of children; 1.1 Children in archaeology; 1.2 A history of childhood; 1.2.1 Defining childhood; 1.2.2 Defining the child: biological versus cultural age; 1.2.3 Children in the archaeological record; 1.3 Children in biological anthropology; 1.4 Children in forensic anthropology; 1.4.1 The child and the law; 1.4.2 Mute witness: cases of child identi cation; 1.5 Summary; 2 Fragile bones and shallow graves; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Fragile bones?; 2.3 Little people ... little things ...
- 2.4 The marginalised child?2.5 Obstetric deaths; 2.6 Summary; 3 Age, sex and ancestry; 3.1 Non-adult ageing; 3.1.1 Dental development; 3.1.2 Skeletal estimates of fetal age; 3.1.3 Skeletal development and maturation; 3.2 Sex determination; 3.2.1 Sexing from the dentition; 3.2.2 Sexing from skeletal morphology: skull; 3.2.3 Sexing from skeletal morphology: pelvis; 3.2.4 Sexing using DNA analysis; 3.3 Ancestry; 3.4 Summary; 4 Growth and development; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Skeletal development and ossification; 4.3 Prenatal and postnatal growth; 4.4 Puberty and the growth spurt.
- 4.5 Factors affecting growth4.6 Growth studies: methods and concerns; 4.7 Interpretations of past growth; 4.8 Bone density; 4.9 Estimations of stature; 4.10 Summary; 5 Difficult births, precarious lives; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Infant mortality rates; 5.2.1 Endogenous versus exogenous mortality; 5.3 Reconstructing child mortality; 5.4 Infanticide; 5.4.1 The bioarchaeology of infanticide; 5.4.2 Infanticide and the law; 5.5 Summary; 6 Little waifs: weaning and dietary stress; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Properties of human breastmilk; 6.3 Weaning and infection; 6.4 Ancient feeding practices.
- 6.5 The osteological evidence6.5.1 Dental enamel hypoplasias; 6.5.2 Harris lines; 6.5.3 Cribra orbitalia and porotic hyperostosis; 6.6 Weaning and bone chemistry analysis; 6.6.1 Nitrogen isotopes; 6.6.2 Oxygen isotopes; 6.6.3 Strontium, calcium and zinc; 6.7 Specific diseases of malnutrition; 6.7.1 Rickets and osteomalacia (vitamin D deficiency); 6.7.2 Infantile scurvy (vitamin C deficiency); 6.8 Summary; 7 Non-adult skeletal pathology; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Non-specific infections; 7.2.1 Periostitis; 7.2.2 Osteomyelitis; 7.3 Endocranial lesions; 7.4 Infantile cortical hyperostosis.
- 7.5 Tuberculosis7.6 Congenital syphilis; 7.7 Skeletal pathology and personal identification; 7.8 Summary; 8 Trauma in the child; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Properties of paediatric trauma; 8.3 Types of fracture; 8.3.1 Healing; 8.3.2 Complications; 8.4 Birth trauma; 8.5 Non-adult trauma in the archaeological record; 8.6 Physical child abuse; 8.7 Clinical features of child abuse; 8.8 Child abuse in the archaeological record; 8.9 Summary; 9 Future directions; 9.1 Is absence of evidence evidence of absence?; 9.2 Failure to adapt: children as non-survivors; 9.3 Tom, Dick or Harriet? Sexing non-adults.
