User:MauraWen/sandbox Archaeology of Emotion

"Traditional archaeological discourse has largely failed to engage with the trauma of infant and child-loss within discussions of the burial practices and rites relating to children. In the words of Johnson (2010, p. 130), the “phallocentric nature of knowledge” has largely discouraged academic research from a female perspective. The development of gender archaeology since the 1980s has gradually seen a move away from this perspective, however, and it is becoming increasingly recognized that studies which include emotions, feelings and personal experience are legitimate areas of research (Johnson 2010, p. 131). The archaeology of emotion has been largely ignored, with a notable exception being Sarah Tarlow’s landmark paper on the topic which urges archaeologists to “incorporate a consideration of emotional values and understandings into our archaeologies” while also ensuring that they are not “separated from other aspects of social and cultural meaning and experience”

Children’s Burial Grounds in Ireland (Cilliní) and Parental Emotions Toward Infant Death Eileen M. Murphy Intl Journal of Historic Archaeology