This chapter studies children’s daily life in Pre-Roman Rome and Latium. Even though there is lit... more This chapter studies children’s daily life in Pre-Roman Rome and Latium. Even though there is little clear evidence for children’s life in settlement contexts, the infant tombs dated between the final Bronze Age and Archaic period offer data to study the status of children in this area. Many infants have been found buried in settlement contexts, whereas at necropoleis child graves are rare in comparison to expected high child mortality rates. Current archaeological data enables us to consider some aspects of children’s birth, death, nurture, dress as an indicator of age and gender, play and education, as well as the everyday tasks they performed.
This paper examines the late 1st millenium BC battle and battlefield of Allia near Rome from the ... more This paper examines the late 1st millenium BC battle and battlefield of Allia near Rome from the perspective of the changing topography caused by the meandering Tiber river. It is argued that in the past scholars have paid too much attention to the current topography of the region where the battle of Allia is presumed to have been fought, and have not taken into account the fact that Tiber river - a dominating feature in the site - has changed its course several times over the centuries. Accordingly, also the ancient authors - who wrote centuries after the event - describing the battle may give faulty information as they too might have been mislead by the contemporary Tiber river valley topography of their time which may not have corresponded with that of the time of the battle.
Four crossbred wethers were utilized in a randomized block design to test Thiopeptin, an experime... more Four crossbred wethers were utilized in a randomized block design to test Thiopeptin, an experimental antibiotic, at .25% of the amount of wheat given, two levels of NaHCO3, 2 and 4%, expressed as a percent of the wheat given, and a combination of the antibiotic (.25%) plus 2% NaHCO3. Acidosis was induced in the four sheep (controls) by feeding cracked soft white wheat (International Reference Number 4-05-337) at 50 g/kgBVI'75 divided among three feedings given over an 8-hr period on the third day of the experiment. Additional wheat was given depending on rumen pH values at 0800 of the fourth day. All control treatments were given wheat until a rumen pH below 4.5 was obtained. Ruminal pH, rumen lactic and volatile fatty acids were monitored four times daily for 96 hr post engorgement.
Written sources from the eighteenth century, describing what was clearly of an Iron Age burial di... more Written sources from the eighteenth century, describing what was clearly of an Iron Age burial discovered accidentally, led a group of archaeologists from the University of Oulu to make an excavation in 1978 at Nivankylä, the rural district of Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland. The remains of a disturbed inhumation burial were found, probably those mentioned by the written sources. A calibrated radiocarbon date of around AD 1215 corresponds to that suggested by the sources mentioning an animal pendant. The study of the nearly complete skeleton, which is the earliest of its kind in northern Finland, has shown that we are dealing with a young adult female, probably only 145-150 cm tall, who may have suffered from anaemia and rickets and died at an age of about 18-22 years. The genetic probability values indicate her being more likely a Finn than a Saami (or a Swede). There are reasons to suppose that we are dealing with a find connected to a permanent settlement of the Rovaniemi region. Al...
Proceedings of the Xvith Intrnational Congress of Classical Arachaeology Common Ground Archaeology Art Science and Humanities 2006 Isbn 1842171836 Pags 296 299, 2006
This chapter studies children’s daily life in Pre-Roman Rome and Latium. Even though there is lit... more This chapter studies children’s daily life in Pre-Roman Rome and Latium. Even though there is little clear evidence for children’s life in settlement contexts, the infant tombs dated between the final Bronze Age and Archaic period offer data to study the status of children in this area. Many infants have been found buried in settlement contexts, whereas at necropoleis child graves are rare in comparison to expected high child mortality rates. Current archaeological data enables us to consider some aspects of children’s birth, death, nurture, dress as an indicator of age and gender, play and education, as well as the everyday tasks they performed.
Un ringraziamento sentito va a Francesco di Gennaro che non solo ha rivisto il mio italiano vacil... more Un ringraziamento sentito va a Francesco di Gennaro che non solo ha rivisto il mio italiano vacillante ma ha anche fornito suggerimenti utili a proposito del contenuto.
This chapter studies children’s daily life in Pre-Roman Rome and Latium. Even though there is lit... more This chapter studies children’s daily life in Pre-Roman Rome and Latium. Even though there is little clear evidence for children’s life in settlement contexts, the infant tombs dated between the final Bronze Age and Archaic period offer data to study the status of children in this area. Many infants have been found buried in settlement contexts, whereas at necropoleis child graves are rare in comparison to expected high child mortality rates. Current archaeological data enables us to consider some aspects of children’s birth, death, nurture, dress as an indicator of age and gender, play and education, as well as the everyday tasks they performed.
This paper examines the late 1st millenium BC battle and battlefield of Allia near Rome from the ... more This paper examines the late 1st millenium BC battle and battlefield of Allia near Rome from the perspective of the changing topography caused by the meandering Tiber river. It is argued that in the past scholars have paid too much attention to the current topography of the region where the battle of Allia is presumed to have been fought, and have not taken into account the fact that Tiber river - a dominating feature in the site - has changed its course several times over the centuries. Accordingly, also the ancient authors - who wrote centuries after the event - describing the battle may give faulty information as they too might have been mislead by the contemporary Tiber river valley topography of their time which may not have corresponded with that of the time of the battle.
Four crossbred wethers were utilized in a randomized block design to test Thiopeptin, an experime... more Four crossbred wethers were utilized in a randomized block design to test Thiopeptin, an experimental antibiotic, at .25% of the amount of wheat given, two levels of NaHCO3, 2 and 4%, expressed as a percent of the wheat given, and a combination of the antibiotic (.25%) plus 2% NaHCO3. Acidosis was induced in the four sheep (controls) by feeding cracked soft white wheat (International Reference Number 4-05-337) at 50 g/kgBVI'75 divided among three feedings given over an 8-hr period on the third day of the experiment. Additional wheat was given depending on rumen pH values at 0800 of the fourth day. All control treatments were given wheat until a rumen pH below 4.5 was obtained. Ruminal pH, rumen lactic and volatile fatty acids were monitored four times daily for 96 hr post engorgement.
Written sources from the eighteenth century, describing what was clearly of an Iron Age burial di... more Written sources from the eighteenth century, describing what was clearly of an Iron Age burial discovered accidentally, led a group of archaeologists from the University of Oulu to make an excavation in 1978 at Nivankylä, the rural district of Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland. The remains of a disturbed inhumation burial were found, probably those mentioned by the written sources. A calibrated radiocarbon date of around AD 1215 corresponds to that suggested by the sources mentioning an animal pendant. The study of the nearly complete skeleton, which is the earliest of its kind in northern Finland, has shown that we are dealing with a young adult female, probably only 145-150 cm tall, who may have suffered from anaemia and rickets and died at an age of about 18-22 years. The genetic probability values indicate her being more likely a Finn than a Saami (or a Swede). There are reasons to suppose that we are dealing with a find connected to a permanent settlement of the Rovaniemi region. Al...
Proceedings of the Xvith Intrnational Congress of Classical Arachaeology Common Ground Archaeology Art Science and Humanities 2006 Isbn 1842171836 Pags 296 299, 2006
This chapter studies children’s daily life in Pre-Roman Rome and Latium. Even though there is lit... more This chapter studies children’s daily life in Pre-Roman Rome and Latium. Even though there is little clear evidence for children’s life in settlement contexts, the infant tombs dated between the final Bronze Age and Archaic period offer data to study the status of children in this area. Many infants have been found buried in settlement contexts, whereas at necropoleis child graves are rare in comparison to expected high child mortality rates. Current archaeological data enables us to consider some aspects of children’s birth, death, nurture, dress as an indicator of age and gender, play and education, as well as the everyday tasks they performed.
Un ringraziamento sentito va a Francesco di Gennaro che non solo ha rivisto il mio italiano vacil... more Un ringraziamento sentito va a Francesco di Gennaro che non solo ha rivisto il mio italiano vacillante ma ha anche fornito suggerimenti utili a proposito del contenuto.
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