Tag: archaeology

• 10,000 Year Old Baby Carrier | Baby History Shorts

  

  One of the complications of studying infant care in history, let alone prehistory (before writing), is that organic materials do not survive, that includes the clothing and carriers, as well as the bodies of infants themselves. The lack of remains has many causes: fewer births in preagricultural societies, infants grow into adults, and the remains…

  Aradia Wyndham

  October 27, 2022

  Babies, Evolution of Babywearing, Video

  archaeology, ascribed status, baby carrier, baby girl, babywearing, cemeteries, female, funeral, grave goods, history, medieval-history, neonatal mortality, personhood, religion, shells, talon

• The Aymara People of the Andes

  

  Learn how the Aymara tradition of carrying their babies is reflected in their concept of time and language– and how infant carriers built empires.

  Aradia Wyndham

  March 16, 2019

  Babies, Blog

  aguayo, alpaca, ancient, Andes, archaeology, Aymara, baby, babywearing, back carry, Bolivia, children, Chile, civilization, columbian exchange, custom, Empire, ethnic group, fashion, First Nations, Inca, infant care, infant carrier, language, linguistics, megoliths, mothers, native americas, Peru, polleras, quepina, shawl, south america, stone peoples, time, titicaca, Tiwanaku, tools