Unearthing childhood
eBook - ePub

Unearthing childhood

Young lives in prehistory

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Unearthing childhood

Young lives in prehistory

About this book

This is the first book to survey the 'hidden half' of prehistoric societies as revealed by archaeology – from Australopithecines to advanced Stone Age foragers, from farming villages to the beginnings of civilisation. Prehistoric children can be seen in footprints and finger daubs, in images painted on rocks and pots, in the signs of play and the evidence of first attempts to learn practical crafts. The burials of those who did not reach adulthood reveal clothing, personal adornment, possession and status in society, while the bodies themselves provide information on diet, health and sometimes violent death. This book demonstrates the extraordinary potential for the study of childhood within the prehistoric record, and will suggest to those interested in childhood what can be learnt from the study of the deep past.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of illustrations
  7. Key references, with abbreviations
  8. PREFACE
  9. 1 UNDERSTANDING The deep past of childhood
  10. 2 BEING Birth, motherhood and infancy
  11. 3 GROWING The child in the family
  12. 4 FEEDING Weaning, eating and health
  13. 5 WEARING Clothing, adornment and body shaping
  14. 6 LEARNING Knowledge and skills
  15. 7 PLAYING Fun, games, toys and culture
  16. 8 FIGHTING Conflict and violence
  17. 9 DYING 1 Death and burial in forager societies
  18. 10 DYING 2 Death and burial in Old World farming societies
  19. 11 PROGRESSING The future of childhood’s deep past
  20. Index of places
  21. General index