eBook The Archaeology of Childhood: Children, Gender, and Material Culture (Gender and Archaeology) epub

Recently, the value of the study of children and childhood from archaeological contexts has become more recognized.

As Jane Eva Baxter (2005, 63) notes, child-structured play is 'less visible archaeologically because child-structured play does not always incorporate artifacts that are identiÞ ed as toys and occasionally it may fall beyond cultural conventions for the use of social space'. Recently, the value of the study of children and childhood from archaeological contexts has become more recognized.

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See all supported devices. with the purchase of any eligible product. In this elegant book, Jane Baxter provides a manifesto for why archaeologists should care about children, and develops archaeological methodologies for studying childhood and children on their own terms.

The Archaeology of Childhood book. Using the critical concepts of gender and socializa 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 contribution stresses the importance of studying children as active participants in past cultures, instead of regarding them mainly for their effect on adult life.

Children in Action: Perspectives on. the Archaeology of Childhood Jane Eva .

Contributions by Jane Eva Baxter Flordeliz T. Bugarin Kathryn A. Kamp Kathryn Keith Robert W. Park Megan A. Perry Helen B. Schwartzman Patricia E. Smith Kelly Thomas. The application of gender-based approaches to the archaeological record also has greatly enhanced our understanding of how families and communities were organized in the past (Nelson 1997). The archaeology of childhood has far more potential than merely providing better understanding of material assemblages and site formation.

Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2005. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2005. 142 pp. View via Publisher.

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

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.

The Archaeology of Childhood: Children, Gender, and Material Culture, by Jane Eva Baxter. 9. Altamira Press, Walnut Creek, Calif. ISBN 0-7591-0332-1 (paper)

The Archaeology of Childhood: Children, Gender, and Material Culture, by Jane Eva Baxter. ISBN 0-7591-0332-1 (paper). The Osteology of Infants and Children, by Brenda J. Baker, Tosha L. Dupras, and Matthew W. Tocheri. Pp. xiii + 178, figs. 134, tables 2. Texas A&M University Press, College Station 2005. ISBN 1-58544-465-0 (paper). By Marshall Joseph Becker.

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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

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 highlights a variety of approaches to how and why archaeologists should study children through the archaeological record. These themes are organized chronologically and begin with critiques of archaeological approaches that do not include children, and an exploration of the relationship between childhood studies and studies of gender, identity, and agency in the archaeological record.