WEaning practices in ANcient ITaly: from Neolithic farmers to the first cities

Project description

Neolithic weaning in the context of urbanisation

The first permanent villages date back to Neolithic times – a period of transition from hunting and gathering to farming and settlement. Gradually, these villages became the first densely-populated urban centres. The mother-child relationship provides an excellent window on biocultural cause and effect. WEAN-IT is studying weaning age in Italy during this critical transition to determine if weaning age had differed for girls and boys. Analyses of bones and teeth from skeletons of that time will also help inform modern society about weaning and its relation to bone growth.

Fields of science

• medical and health sciences › health sciences › public health
• social sciences › political sciences › political transitions › revolutions
• social sciences › sociology › demography › fertility

Keywords

• Weaning
• Neolithic transition
• urbanism
• diet and growth
• dental histology
• bone histology
• enamel elemental composition

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Topic(s)

• MSCA-IF-2018 - Individual Fellowships

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2018

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Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)

Coordinator

UNIVERSITY OF KENT

Net EU contribution

€ 224 933,76

Address

The Registry Canterbury
CT2 7NZ Canterbury, Kent
United Kingdom

Region

South East (England) › Kent › East Kent

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

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Other funding

€ 0,00