Care in the Past : Archaeological and Interdisciplinary Perspectives.
Powell, Lindsay.
Care in the Past : Archaeological and Interdisciplinary Perspectives. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (239 pages)
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- 1. Foundations and Approaches to the Study of Care in the Past -- Section 1 Care and the Life Course -- 2. Childcare in the Past: The Contribution of Palaeopathology -- 3. The "Terrible Tyranny of the Majority": Recognising Population Variability and Individual Agency in Past Infant Feeding Practices -- 4. Precious Things: Examining the Status and Care of Children in Late Medieval England through the Analysis of Cultural and Biological Markers -- 5. That "Tattered Coat Upon a Stick" the Ageing Body: Evidence for Elder Marginalisation and Abuse in Roman Britain -- Section 2 Care, Impairment and Disability -- 6. The Palaeolithic Compassion Debate - Alternative Projections of Modern-Day Disability into the Distant Past -- 7. Setting the Scene for an Evolutionary Approach to Care in Prehistory: A Historical and Philosophical Journey -- 8. "A Long Waiting for Death": Dependency and the Care of the Disabled in a 19th Century Asylum -- 9. Prayers and Poultices: Medieval Health Care at the Isle of May, Scotland, c. 430-1580 AD -- Section 3 Care and Non-Human Animals -- 10. Towards a Zooarchaeology of Animal "Care" -- 11. Rare Secrets of Physicke: Insect Medicaments in Historical Western Society -- 12. Concluding Thoughts and Future Directions.
9781785703362
People with disabilities - Care - History.
Electronic books.
CC72.4.C374 2017
930.1
Care in the Past : Archaeological and Interdisciplinary Perspectives. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (239 pages)
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- 1. Foundations and Approaches to the Study of Care in the Past -- Section 1 Care and the Life Course -- 2. Childcare in the Past: The Contribution of Palaeopathology -- 3. The "Terrible Tyranny of the Majority": Recognising Population Variability and Individual Agency in Past Infant Feeding Practices -- 4. Precious Things: Examining the Status and Care of Children in Late Medieval England through the Analysis of Cultural and Biological Markers -- 5. That "Tattered Coat Upon a Stick" the Ageing Body: Evidence for Elder Marginalisation and Abuse in Roman Britain -- Section 2 Care, Impairment and Disability -- 6. The Palaeolithic Compassion Debate - Alternative Projections of Modern-Day Disability into the Distant Past -- 7. Setting the Scene for an Evolutionary Approach to Care in Prehistory: A Historical and Philosophical Journey -- 8. "A Long Waiting for Death": Dependency and the Care of the Disabled in a 19th Century Asylum -- 9. Prayers and Poultices: Medieval Health Care at the Isle of May, Scotland, c. 430-1580 AD -- Section 3 Care and Non-Human Animals -- 10. Towards a Zooarchaeology of Animal "Care" -- 11. Rare Secrets of Physicke: Insect Medicaments in Historical Western Society -- 12. Concluding Thoughts and Future Directions.
9781785703362
People with disabilities - Care - History.
Electronic books.
CC72.4.C374 2017
930.1