Above and below the surface : Environment, work, death, and upbringing in sixteenth- to seventeenth- century Sweden
(2018) p.251-274- Abstract
This chapter addresses children’s lives and living conditions during the early modern period in Sweden. A case study on the population at one of Sweden’s most important historical mines, the Sala Silver mine forms the basis for a discussion about children’s work, their diets, and how gender roles and social status may have affected their health. Two sources provide complementing and sometimes contradicting information about how children’s lives were shaped: the bioarchaeological material (skeletons and graves) and historical sources (archival material). The historical sources show that children were important economic actors in the mining community, and the bioarchaeological material indicates that their health was affected by the... (More)
This chapter addresses children’s lives and living conditions during the early modern period in Sweden. A case study on the population at one of Sweden’s most important historical mines, the Sala Silver mine forms the basis for a discussion about children’s work, their diets, and how gender roles and social status may have affected their health. Two sources provide complementing and sometimes contradicting information about how children’s lives were shaped: the bioarchaeological material (skeletons and graves) and historical sources (archival material). The historical sources show that children were important economic actors in the mining community, and the bioarchaeological material indicates that their health was affected by the socioeconomic status of their families, as well as the unsanitary living and working conditions at the site.
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- author
- Ingvarsson, Anne ; Mispelaere, Jan and Bäckström, Ylva LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2018
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Bioarchaeology, Cemetery, Childhood, Diet, Environment, Labour, Mining, Nutrition, Sweden
- host publication
- The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Childhood
- pages
- 24 pages
- publisher
- Oxford University Press
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85051542806
- ISBN
- 9780199670697
- DOI
- 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199670697.013.14
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- dafee0ba-73f8-4364-95cf-d6dd61cb2e4c
- date added to LUP
- 2018-09-13 09:59:04
- date last changed
- 2022-01-31 05:15:38
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abstract = {{<p>This chapter addresses children’s lives and living conditions during the early modern period in Sweden. A case study on the population at one of Sweden’s most important historical mines, the Sala Silver mine forms the basis for a discussion about children’s work, their diets, and how gender roles and social status may have affected their health. Two sources provide complementing and sometimes contradicting information about how children’s lives were shaped: the bioarchaeological material (skeletons and graves) and historical sources (archival material). The historical sources show that children were important economic actors in the mining community, and the bioarchaeological material indicates that their health was affected by the socioeconomic status of their families, as well as the unsanitary living and working conditions at the site.</p>}},
author = {{Ingvarsson, Anne and Mispelaere, Jan and Bäckström, Ylva}},
booktitle = {{The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Childhood}},
isbn = {{9780199670697}},
keywords = {{Bioarchaeology; Cemetery; Childhood; Diet; Environment; Labour; Mining; Nutrition; Sweden}},
language = {{eng}},
pages = {{251--274}},
publisher = {{Oxford University Press}},
title = {{Above and below the surface : Environment, work, death, and upbringing in sixteenth- to seventeenth- century Sweden}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199670697.013.14}},
doi = {{10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199670697.013.14}},
year = {{2018}},
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