10th May 2005, 12:20 PM
One suspects tha neonates were not regarded as full members of society in some periods/places and were therefore not buried with the same degree of care and respect, or the same rites.
You boney people, do you get differnetial preservation with cremation?
See Lillehammer G., 1989. A child is born: the child's world in an archaeological perspective. Norwegian Archeaological Review 22(2) 89-105.
I haven't seen it but got the ref from McLaren D, 2004. An important child's burial from Doune, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. In Gibson and Sheridan (Eds) From Sickles to circles 289-303.(Tempus) which includes a brief discussion of the issue.
You boney people, do you get differnetial preservation with cremation?
See Lillehammer G., 1989. A child is born: the child's world in an archaeological perspective. Norwegian Archeaological Review 22(2) 89-105.
I haven't seen it but got the ref from McLaren D, 2004. An important child's burial from Doune, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. In Gibson and Sheridan (Eds) From Sickles to circles 289-303.(Tempus) which includes a brief discussion of the issue.