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Motherhood and childhood are social and cultural constructions that have their origins in prehistoric times and are visible through Greek and Roman discourses in Antiquity. This volume explores various images of maternity and infancy, and the identification of women and womanhood in prehistoric and classic societies. Aspects such as the crucial role of maintenance activities and care, the processes of socialization and learning, the impact of infant death, the figure of the mother queen, the religious discourses about motherhood, the rules on parental rights, the transgressions of traditional motherhood and the emotional aspects of the mother-child relation are analysed. The book covers the ancient Mediterranean area, from Mesopotamia to the Iberian Peninsula and from prehistoric communities to classic societies, with Mesopotamian, Phoenician and Iberian examples. A multidisciplinary approach is adopted, analysing material culture, representations and texts to gain a deeper understanding of the plurality of motherhood, and the diversity of women's agency through history.

Archäologie. --- Children --- Children. --- Civilization. --- Kind. --- Motherhood --- Motherhood. --- Mutterschaft. --- History --- To 1500. --- Mediterranean Region --- Mediterranean Region. --- Mother and child --- Hisotry --- Maternidad --- Historia --- Mediterráneo (Región) --- Antigüedades --- Madres --- Madres e hijos --- Paternidad --- Países mediterráneos --- Europa meridional --- Maternity --- Mothers --- Parenthood --- History. --- Antiquities. --- Civilization --- Circum-Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Area --- Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Sea Region

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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner examines how specific types of food were prepared and eaten during feasting rituals in prehistoric Europe and the Near East. Such rituals allowed people to build and maintain their power and prestige and to maintain or contest the status quo. At the same time, they also contributed to the inner cohesion and sense of community of a group. When eating and drinking together, people share thoughts and beliefs and perceive the world and human relationships in a certain way. The twelve contributions to this book reflect the main theoretical and methodological issues rela

Prehistoric peoples --- Social archaeology --- Food --- Europe --- Middle East --- Antiquities.