In this volume, experts from around the world investigate childhood in the past, showing why it is important to understand childhood, why different cultures con

The first edition of The Archaeology of Childhood has been credited by many as launching an entire new area of scholarship in archaeology. This second edition,

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, an

The study of children and childhood in historical and prehistoric life is an overlooked area of study that Jane Baxter addresses in this brief book. Her timely

Real understanding of past societies is not possible without including children, and yet they have been strangely invisible in the archaeological record. Compel