Infant health and death in Roman Italy and beyond
By: edited by Maureen Carroll and Emma-Jayne Graham, with contributions by M. Carroll, A. Chamberlain, T. Derks, R. Gowland, E.-J. Graham, D. R. Gröcke, C. Laes, A. R. Millard, L. A. Powell, R. C. Redfern, W. Southwell-Wright and A. Sparreboom
Series: Journal of Roman archaeology. Supplementary series -- number 96; Journal of Roman archaeology -- no. 96.
Publisher: Journal of Roman Archaeology
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9780991373000
Subjects: Civilization; Infants; Social life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Infant votives and swaddling in Hellenistic Italy / E.-J. Graham; title: Seeking divine protection against untimely death: infant votives from Roman Gaul and Germany / T. Derks; title: On the brink of being: re-evaluating infaticide and infant burial in Roman Britain / R. Gowland, A. Chamberlain and R. C. Redfern; title: Infant feeding practices in Roman London: evidence from isotopic analyses / L. A. Powell, R. C. Redfern, A. R. Millard, and D. R. Gröcke; title: Perceptions of infant disability in Roman Britain / W. Southwell-Wright; title: The youngest children in Latin epigraphy / C. Laes; title: Wet-nursing in the Roman empire / A. Sparreboom; title: Mother and infant in Roman funerary commemoration / M. Carroll.