The Archaeology of Childhood: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on an Archaeological Enigma

Critical interdisciplinary examination of archeaology's approach to childhood in prehistory.

Children existed in ancient times as active participants in the societies in which they lived and the cultures they belonged to. Despite their various roles, and in spite of the demographic composition of ancient societies where children comprised a large percentage of the population, children are almost completely missing in many current archaeological discourses. To remedy this, The Archaeology of ...