Cecília Tomori - Breastfeeding

Penny Van Esterik

Ceclia Tomori, Aunchalee E.L. Palmquist, and EA Quinn

Elizabeth M. Miller

Aunchalee E.L. Palmquist

Ceclia Tomori

Sarah Sobonya

Nicola L. Hawley and Pavane Gorrepati

Beatriz M. Reyes-Foster and Shannon K. Carter

EA Quinn

Michelle Walks

Melanie Martin

Sin E. Halcrow*, Charlotte L. King*, Andrew R. Millard, Anne Marie E. Snoddy, Rachel M. Scott, Gail E. Elliott, Darren R. Grcke, Hallie R. Buckley, Vivien G. Standen, and Bernardo T. Arriaza
*Joint first authors

Amanda Veile and Karen L. Kramer

Carrie Hough, Erica Prussing, and Kayleigh Applegate

Kristin P. Tully and Helen L. Ball

James J. McKenna

Kayleigh Applegate is a Masters in Health Administration graduate student at Saint Louis University. She graduated from the University of Iowa with a BA in Anthropology for Health Professionals. She was invited to be a student research assistant for Carrie Hough and Erica Prussing through the Iowa Center for Research by Undergraduates (ICRU) after she expressed interest in their research project on new mothers and the return to employment.

Bernardo T. Arriaza is a Professor and researcher at the Universidad de Tarapac, Arica, Chile. His work focuses on bioarchaeology and the study of eco-contaminants in ancient Andean populations.

Helen L. Ball is Professor of Anthropology at Durham University, UK, where she founded and directs the Parent-Infant Sleep Lab and the Infant Sleep Info Source website. Her research examines parent-infant sleep, infant feeding, and infant mortality. She serves as Chair of the Scientific Committee for the Lullaby Trust, UK.

Hallie R. Buckley is Professor in the Department of Anatomy at the University of Otago, New Zealand. Her work focusses on biocultural adaptations to the island environment in early colonising populations in the Pacific islands and has highlighted the vulnerability of mothers and infants in these colonising situations. Her work on later more established Pacific populations has also investigated early life stress, particularly in areas where malaria was endemic.

Shannon K. Carter is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Central Florida, USA. Her research focuses on social inequalities, reproduction, and mothering. She is currently conducting research on African American mothers breastfeeding experiences and peer breast milk sharing in Central Florida. Her collaborative research with Beatriz Reyes-Foster on peer milk sharing is published in several outlets, including articles in Breastfeeding Medicine and the Journal of Human Lactation.

Gail E. Elliott is a PhD Candidate in biological anthropology at the University of Otago, New Zealand, researching human growth as an indicator of physiological stress in past populations. She also has a research interest in gross anatomy and forensic anthropology.

Pavane Gorrepati is a Research Assistant in the Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health, USA. Her interests are on the roles that gender gaps play in improving maternal and child health. She has published a childrens book entitled Girls Can! Do Anything as part of her work to inspire young girls about the endless possibilities they have.

Darren R. Grcke is Associate Professor (Reader) in Stable Isotope Geochemistry at Durham University, UK, and is the director of the Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry Laboratory (SIBL), located in the Department of Archaeology at Durham University.

Sin E. Halcrow is Associate Professor in the Department of Anatomy at the University of Otago, New Zealand. She assesses infant and child health in the past to answer central archaeological questions of subsistence, fertility, and health change with the intensification of agriculture. She does this by applying a range of methods including bone growth, dental and skeletal pathology, and indicators of diet and weaning within a biocultural framework.