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The archaeology of childhood: interdisciplinary perspectives on an archaeological enigma

In: IEMA proceedings volume 4

In: [SUNY series]. The Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology Distinguished monograph series

In: Archaeology

Coşkunsu, Güner; IEMA Visiting Scholar Conference; Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology

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Introduction: Children as archaeological enigma / Güner Coskunsu -- Section 1. Theorizing (in)visbility, legitimacy, and biases in archaeological approaches to children and childhood -- The devil's advocate or our worst case scenario : the archaeology of childhood without any children / Jane Eva Baxter -- Making children legitimate : negotiating the place of children and childhoods in archaeological theory / Kathryn Kamp -- Considerations for method and theory in the archaeology of age / Scott Hutson -- Bodies and encounters : seeing invisible children in archaeology / Joanna Sofaer -- Modern biases, hunter-gatherers' children : on the visibility of children in other cultures / Nurit-Bird-David -- Section 2. Interdisciplinary and archaeological approaches to studying children and childhood in the past -- Grown up : adult height dimorphism as an archive of living conditions of boys and girls in prehistory / Eva Rosenstock -- Placing children in society : using ancient DNA to identify sex and kinship of child skeletal remains, and implications for gender and social organisation / Keri Brown -- Metaphors for understanding children and their role in culture / Jack Meacham -- Section 3. Case studies in the archaeology of childhood -- Children of the Ice Age / Paul Bahn -- Children in the anthropomorphic imagery of the European and Near Eastern Neolithic / Peter Biehl -- From playthings to sacred objects? : household enculturation rituals, figurines and plastering activities at Neolithic Çatalhöyük, Turkey / Sharon Moses -- The ends and means of childhood : mourning children in early Greece / Susan Langdon -- The Children's Cemetery of Lugnano in Teverina, Umbria : hierarchy, magic and malaria / David Soren -- Ethnicity and sexuality in Roman imperial relief : reconstructing the pederastic gaze / Jeannine Diddle Uzzi -- "A place for everything and everything in its place" : the cultural context of late Victorian toys / Kyle Somerville -- Section 4commentaries -- Theoretical issues in investigating childhood / Frank Hole -- Grubby little fingerprints : a commentary on the visibility of childhood / Traci Ardren

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Archaeology of Childhood, The: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on an Archaeological Enigma

In: SUNY Series, The Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology Distinguished Monograph Series

In: Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology Distinguished Monograph Series

In: IEMA Proceedings Volume 4

Cosçkunsu, Güner

Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Children as Archaeological Enigma -- A Brief Overview -- Why are Children Missing in Archaeological Interpretations? -- Why Do Archaeologists Need to Care about Ancient Children? -- How Do We Rescue Children in Archaeological Records? -- Structure of the Book -- Acknowledgments -- References Cited -- Part I : Theorizing (In)visibility, Legitimacy, and Biases inArchaeological Approaches to Children and Childhood -- Chapter One: The Devil's Advocate or Our Worst Case Scenario: The Archaeology of Childhood Without Any Children -- The Enduring Question of the (In)Visibility of Children -- The Conflation of Value and Visibility: A Brief Historical Perspective -- The Visibility of Childhood at a Time of Disciplinary Advocacy -- Our Worst Case Scenario? The Archaeology of Childhood without Children -- Beyond "Miniature Adulthood": Childhood in Seventeenth-Century New England -- Bodies and Identities: Reconfiguring Ideas of (In)Visibility in the Archaeological Study of Children -- Identity and Personal Objects -- Identity and Biographical Objects -- References Cited -- Chapter Two: Making Children Legitimate: Negotiating the Place of Children and Childhoods in Archaeological Theory -- The Inadequate Knowns -- The Need for Archaeological Study of Children and Childhoods -- The Need for Methodological Rigor -- Texts and Art -- The Skeletal Remains of Children Themselves -- Burial Treatments and Grave Furnishings -- Finger, foot, and hand prints -- Artifacts -- Space Use -- The Role for Experiments, Ethnography, and Ethnoarchaeology -- Conclusion -- References Cited -- Chapter Three: Method and Theory for an Archaeology of Age -- Introduction -- Identity, Relationality, and Vision -- Evidence -- Figurines -- Children as Figurine Makers -- Figurines as toys.