Tracing childhood :  bioarchaeological investigations of early lives in antiquity / 
edited by Jennifer L. Thompson, Marta P. Alfonso-Durruty, and John J. Crandall. 
 - Gainesville :  University Press of Florida,  (c)2014. 
 - 1 online resource 
 - Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past: local, regional, and global perspectives .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Children in prehistory: now seen, now heard /  Part I. The chosen child --  Death and the special child: three examples from the ancient midwest /  Beyond victims: exploring the identity of sacrificed infants and children at La Cueva de los Muertos Chiquitos, Durango, Mexico (AD 571-1168) /  Chinchorro mortuary practices on infants: Northern Chile Archaic period (BP 7000-3600) /  The "other" burials at Torre de Palma: childhood as special death in a Medieval Portuguese site /  Part II. The desecrated child --  The bioarchaeology of the homicide of infants and children /  Sense or sensationalism? Approaches to explaining high perinatal mortality in the past /  A disciplined childhood in nineteenth-century new york city: a social bioarchaeology of the subadults of the Spring Street Presbyterian Church /  Part III. The working child --  Childhood, colonialism, and nation-building: child labor in Virginia and New York /  Little helping hands: insights from Punta Teatinos, Chile /  Children of the working class: environmental marginality and child health at Black Mesa, Arizona (AD --  900-1150) /  Part IV. The cultured child --  Surviving childhood: health, identity, and personhood in the prehistoric American Southwest /  Tracing Tiwanaku childhoods: a bioarchaeological study of age and social identities in Tiwanaku Society /  Conclusion. Little bodies, big voices: the lives of children in the past /  Jennifer L. Thompson, John J. Crandall, and Marta P. Alfonso-Durruty --  Della C. Cook, Andrew R. Thompson, and Amanda A. Rollins --  John J. Crandall and Jennifer L. Thompson --  Vivien G. Standen, Bernardo T. Arriaza, and Calogero M. Santoro --  Sarah Holt, Stacey Hallman, Mary Lucas Powell, and Maia M. Langley --  Simon Mays --  Helen F. Gilmore and Siān E. Halcrow --  Meredith A.B. Ellis --  Autumn Barrett --  Marta P. Alfonso-Durruty and Jennifer L. Thompson --  Debra L. Martin, Jennifer L. Thompson, and John J. Crandall --  Ann M. Palkovich --  Deborah E. Blom and Kelly J. Knudson --  Marta P. Alfonso-Durruty, Jennifer L. Thompson, and John J. Crandall. 
<br/><br/> Bioarchaeological studies of children have, until recently, centered on population data-driven topics like mortality rates and growth and morbidity patterns. This volume examines emerging issues in childhood studies, looking at historic and prehistoric contexts and framing questions about the nature and quality of children's lives. How did they develop their social identity? Were they economic actors in early civilizations? Does their health reflect the larger community? Comparing and contrasting field research from a variety of sites across Europe and the Americas, the contributors to this. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813048864 9781306685375 9780813050324 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013051134 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Child development--History.<br/>Human remains (Archaeology)<br/>Children--History.<br/>Children.<br/>Physical anthropology.<br/>Ethnology.<br/>Child<br/>Anthropology, Physical<br/>Child Welfare--history<br/>Anthropology, Cultural<br/>Social Conditions--history
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ767  / .T733 2014