Motherhood at Early Bronze Age Unterhautzenthal, Lower Austria

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F49777513%3A23330%2F18%3A43953458" target="_blank" >RIV/49777513:23330/18:43953458 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://www.austriaca.at/?arp=0x00390303" target="_blank" >http://www.austriaca.at/?arp=0x00390303</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1553/archaeologia102s71" target="_blank" >10.1553/archaeologia102s71</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Motherhood at Early Bronze Age Unterhautzenthal, Lower Austria

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This article utilises skeletal evidence (n = 57) from settlement features and graves at Unterhautzenthal, Lower Austria, to outline our methodological approach to researching motherhood in prehistory. Unterhautzenthal includes the grave of a pregnant teenager, a triple burial of a woman with two children and a family grave of a man, woman and baby; additional women’s graves include remains of neonates and young children. Comparing archaeological context information with osteobiographical data allows us to draw inferences about the social status of women and the ways Bronze Age motherhood was conceptualised. The archaeological approach includes a gender and age analysis of material culture and Social Index calculations. The osteological analyses include age at death, sex, body height, health indicators, and pathologies, with an emphasis on pelvic changes. Physical traces that may relate to strain through pregnancy and childbirth were explored in detail. In addition to morphological assessment of the entire skeletal collection, we applied tooth cementum annulation analysis, 14C dating, and δ13C/δ15N isotope analysis to selected individuals. These data, in conjunction with demographic modelling, enable us to draw conclusions about women’s age at first pregnancy and the average number of children per woman, as well as the cultural and social context of motherhood.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Motherhood at Early Bronze Age Unterhautzenthal, Lower Austria

Popis výsledku anglicky

This article utilises skeletal evidence (n = 57) from settlement features and graves at Unterhautzenthal, Lower Austria, to outline our methodological approach to researching motherhood in prehistory. Unterhautzenthal includes the grave of a pregnant teenager, a triple burial of a woman with two children and a family grave of a man, woman and baby; additional women’s graves include remains of neonates and young children. Comparing archaeological context information with osteobiographical data allows us to draw inferences about the social status of women and the ways Bronze Age motherhood was conceptualised. The archaeological approach includes a gender and age analysis of material culture and Social Index calculations. The osteological analyses include age at death, sex, body height, health indicators, and pathologies, with an emphasis on pelvic changes. Physical traces that may relate to strain through pregnancy and childbirth were explored in detail. In addition to morphological assessment of the entire skeletal collection, we applied tooth cementum annulation analysis, 14C dating, and δ13C/δ15N isotope analysis to selected individuals. These data, in conjunction with demographic modelling, enable us to draw conclusions about women’s age at first pregnancy and the average number of children per woman, as well as the cultural and social context of motherhood.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50402 - Demography

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2018

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Archaeologia Austriaca

ISSN

0003-8008

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

102

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

December

Stát vydavatele periodika

AT - Rakouská republika

Počet stran výsledku

64

Strana od-do

71-134

Kód UT WoS článku

000457339600004

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85063042937