Child labour based on dermatoglyphic research of ceramic objects

Collection:
Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications
Document Type:
Straipsnis / Article
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Child labour based on dermatoglyphic research of ceramic objects
In the Journal:
Childhood in the Past. 2019, vol. 12, no. 1, p. 6-17
Summary / Abstract:

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Amžiaus nustatymas; Archeologija; Archeologiniai radiniai; Keramika; Lietuvos istorija; Paleodermatoglifinė analizė; Pirštų antspaudai; Pirštų atspaudai; Vaikai; Vaikų darbas; Valdovų rūmai; Age determination; Archaeological finds; Archaeology; Ceramics; Child labour; Children; Fingerprints; Palaeodermatoglyphics; Pot; The Lithuanian history; Vilnius Lower Castle.

ENMethods that examine finger and hand prints are still rarely used in the analysis of archaeological artefacts, even though objects made from clay have perfectly preserved traces of their creators, left hundreds or even thousands of years ago. Information coded in these prints can be examined by searching for repetition and distribution of individual or typical characteristics. This article focuses on the breadth of papillary lines and how it changed as the person grew. The prints left on ceramic objects from the thirteenth-eighteenth century layers at Vilnius Castle were examined and children’s prints were identified on approximately twenty-five percent of the material with dermatoglyphics. Analysis of the results serves as the basis for assessing the nature and scale of child labour. [From the publication]

DOI:
10.1080/17585716.2019.1587914
ISSN:
1758-5716; 2040-8528
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