3rd June 2005, 01:26 PM
Hi, am glad that the conference sparked further debate! One thing you haven't yet considered is that the under representation of infants can also match an under representation of other age groups, e.g. during prehistory. Especially during the Iron Age, infants, older children and adults are all under represented within visible burial. Inhumation appears to have always been a selective rite during this period, so we shouldn't be surprised to find absence as well as inclusion.