The Mother-Infant Nexus in Anthropology Small Beginnings, Significan
Over the past 20 years there has been increased research traction in the anthropology of childhood. However, infancy, the pregnant body and motherhood continue to be marginalised. This book will focus on the mother-infant relationship and the variable con
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Rebecca Gowland Siân Halcrow Editors
The MotherInfant Nexus in Anthropology Small Beginnings, Significant Outcomes
Bioarchaeology and Social Theory
Series editor Debra L. Martin Professor of Anthropology University of Nevada Las Vegas, NV, USA
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/11976
Rebecca Gowland • Siân Halcrow Editors
The Mother-Infant Nexus in Anthropology Small Beginnings, Significant Outcomes
Editors Rebecca Gowland Department of Archaeology Durham University Durham, UK
Siân Halcrow Department of Anatomy University of Otago Dunedin, New Zealand
ISSN 2567-6776 ISSN 2567-6814 (electronic) Bioarchaeology and Social Theory ISBN 978-3-030-27392-7 ISBN 978-3-030-27393-4 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27393-4 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Illustration of the skeletal remains of a mother and infant by Asan Li
Rebecca Gowland: To my own essential nexus – Tim, Theo, and Milo Siân Halcrow: To my daughters, Paige and Alia, who show me the importance of the nexus
Series Foreword
The Bioarchaeology and Social Theory series originated with the goal of wanting to encourage scholars to expand their work based on analyses of human skeletal remains (from past, historic, and present contexts) into new and underexplored areas. We wanted scholars to take chances employing new methods and theories that fall outside of our more traditional interpretive frameworks. In this volume, The Mother-Infant Nexus, the coeditors and authors do exactly that. These exemplary chapters rigorously utilise a wide range of approaches. They draw on social theory that is combined with new medical, clin
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