About

This blog about motherhood in prehistory is maintained by Katharina Rebay-Salisbury and accompanies her research projects:

•  The social status of motherhood in Bronze Age Europe (funded by the Austrian Science Fund 2015-2017)
• ‘The value of mothers to society: responses to motherhood and child rearing practices in prehistoric Europe’, ERC Strating Grant funded by the European Research Council under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 676828, 2016-2021)
• Together in Life – together in Death: adults and children in Bronze Age Graves (OeAD mobility grant, 2020-2022)
• Unlocking the secrets of cremated human remains: temporality, gendered mobility and family relations in Late Bronze Age Austria (funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF 2020-2023)

It intends to provide insights into ongoing research, as well as collect random ideas, thoughts and links with some relevance to the topic ‘motherhood in prehistory’ more generally.

I have often found that research unveils interesting bits and bobs that do not fit in journal articles, book chapters and monographs, but nevertheless shape how I think about a certain topic. This blog is therefore set up as a lose collection of notes of curious, funny, interesting or otherwise noteworthy stuff.

Please check out my academic page for the latest conference contributions, articles and books, and follow me on Twitter @ERC_Vamos.