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Pinch-pots and Diaper Rash: Early Childhood in Lahun

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The lives of infants and toddlers in Ancient Egypt is a topic that is not often explored in any depth—for good reason. The preponderance of the surviving textual evidence is focussed on the lives of adults, with most references to infants usually set against a mythological backdrop featuring the infant Horus or at best the pharaoh. Modern urban myths concerning childbirth and infancy creep into the scholarly discourse and influence our perceptions of these issues in the ancient world. However, the few settlements that have been excavated provide us with the best evidence for understanding the earliest childhood years.

This paper will focus on reconstructing infancy in the Late Middle Kingdom town of Lahun. A reconsideration of the archaeological evidence, new publications of the texts, and recent excavations at contemporary sites, combined with a judicious application of ethnography (particularly in terms of infant behaviour) may allow us to better understand these usually invisible individuals. Some of the issues to be addressed include infant mortality, feeding, teething, weaning, and learning. Understanding early childhood is important for it is by means of the young that a culture’s beliefs, embedded social values, and norms of behaviour are transmitted through the generations.
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Szpakowska, Kasia. "Pinch-pots and Diaper Rash: Early Childhood in Lahun" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The 58th Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt, Wyndham Toledo Hotel, Toledo, Ohio, Apr 20, 2007 <Not Available>. 2013-05-08 <http://citation.allacademic.com/meta/p185280_index.html>

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Szpakowska, K. , 2007-04-20 "Pinch-pots and Diaper Rash: Early Childhood in Lahun" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The 58th Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt, Wyndham Toledo Hotel, Toledo, Ohio <Not Available>. 2013-05-08 from http://citation.allacademic.com/meta/p185280_index.html

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Abstract: The lives of infants and toddlers in Ancient Egypt is a topic that is not often explored in any depth—for good reason. The preponderance of the surviving textual evidence is focussed on the lives of adults, with most references to infants usually set against a mythological backdrop featuring the infant Horus or at best the pharaoh. Modern urban myths concerning childbirth and infancy creep into the scholarly discourse and influence our perceptions of these issues in the ancient world. However, the few settlements that have been excavated provide us with the best evidence for understanding the earliest childhood years.

This paper will focus on reconstructing infancy in the Late Middle Kingdom town of Lahun. A reconsideration of the archaeological evidence, new publications of the texts, and recent excavations at contemporary sites, combined with a judicious application of ethnography (particularly in terms of infant behaviour) may allow us to better understand these usually invisible individuals. Some of the issues to be addressed include infant mortality, feeding, teething, weaning, and learning. Understanding early childhood is important for it is by means of the young that a culture’s beliefs, embedded social values, and norms of behaviour are transmitted through the generations.

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