Ref ID:	37618
Ref Type:	Book Section
Authors:	Adams, Alisha B. Halcrow, Siân E. King, Charlotte L. Miller, Melanie J. Vlok, Melandri Millard, Andrew R. Gröcke, Darren R. Buckley, Hallie Domett, Kate Trinh, Hiep Hoang Minh, Tran Thi Oxenham, Marc F.
Title:	We're all in this together: Accessing the maternal-infant relationship in prehistoric Vietnam
Date:	2021
Source:	The Family in Past Perspective
Publisher:	Routledge
Edition:	1
Abstract:	The human skeleton reflects an individual’s biocultural life-course, recording information on diet, health, and stress. Using new methods for inferring phys-iological stress during the foetal, infant, and childhood periods, this chapter investigates the early lives of two subadult individuals through the lens of the maternal-infant nexus from the Neolithic site of Man Bac in Vietnam. We apply a novel approach that incorporates stable isotopic evidence for weaning and diet, with a quantitative method of identifying and measuring linear enamel hypoplasia to assess physiological stress during development. These case studies are interpreted within a bioarchaeology of infant- and child-care theoretical model approach that focuses on the maternal-infant nexus, and incorporates information on fertility, palaeopathological data, archaeological data on the natural and social environment, and social organisation.
Editors:	Kendall, Ellen J. Kendall, Ross
Page Start:	191
Page End:	221