The archaeology of childhood has grown over the past decade and a half as a vibrant field
of specialized interest within archaeology as a whole. A thematic treatment of the literature …

The social anthropology of death 21 Cross-cultural generalizations and the New
Archaeology's search for middle range theory 27 Funerary practices: agency, power and …

Sam Lucy (1994: 26) has stated that arecognised feature of pre-Christian early medieval
cemeteries in eastern England is the smaller number of younger burials recovered …

This book is entirely devoted to the study of children's skeletons from archaeological and
forensic contexts. It provides an extensive review of the osteological methods and theoretical …

Current images portray childhood as primarily a time of play and learning, de-emphasizing
children's economic contributions and relegating them, like women, to the less-visible realm …

The Archaeology of Identity presents an overview of five of the key areas that have recently
emerged in archaeological social theory: gender, age, status, ethnicity and religion. This …

Context and interpretation. Writing a study of infancy and infant death. The power of the
contradictory infant: defining infancy. Identifying the gap in archaeology; why an interest in …

This is the first book to focus entirely on children and material culture. The contributors ask:*
what is the relationship between children and the material world?* how does the material …

These 20 papers explore ancient notions and experiences of childhood around the
Mediterranean, from prehistory to late antiquity. They are grouped into sections on Families; …

This is a study of the complex age organization that characterizes the early Anglo-Saxon
burial rite. It involves an analysis of the grave goods, and wider aspects of the burial rite …