Children as social actors within the domestic group at Monte Albán, Oaxaca. Mexico

Summary

This paper starts from a micro and qualitative approach to describe and analyze the social position of individuals: children, women and men within various domestic units in Monte Alban, Oaxaca, through archaeological indicators of prestige, power and wealth. The methodology uses funerary practices and its meaning in social terms within the domestic group, to identify the social role especially of children, a sector of the population rarely studied. The location of burials into de domestic unit --rooms, the patio, in a tomb or outside the house—as well as the offering are social status indicators. The skeletons of children under 15 years were classified by age groups (of three years). Adult men and women were separated into three groups: young adult 15-15, average 25 40, advanced 40-+, and registered according to their spatial localization. In addition stress indicators were evaluated to estimate general health conditions.

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This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• The Bioarchaeology of Oaxaca: Talking with the Dead from Southern Mexico   •
• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)

Keywords

Spatial Coverage