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abuse
Author_Julie Wileman
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child death
child saints
divinities
education
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exploitation
family
parents
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rites of passage
rituals
The Archaeology of Childhood
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- ISBN 9780752434629
- Weight: 480g
- Dimensions: 172 x 248mm
- Publication Date: 18 Aug 2005
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This thoroughly researched study presents a rounded picture of childhood in the past, as revealed by archaeology and supplemented by the historical record.
Ranging widely, both geographically and chronologically, individual chapters examine: how the cherished child was brought up; children's education and the work to which they were put; relationships between parents and children and the rituals of child death; the treatment of children as divinities, in particular the child saints of medieval Europe; the exploitation and abuse of children; the rites of passage to adulthood.
Though written in an engaging, accessible style, this seminal work will be one of essential reference for the researches of future archaeologists.
Julie Wileman is Subject Leader in Archaeology at the University of Surrey Centre for Continuing Education, and Field Archaeologist working in close association with Young Archaeologist Club members .She is the co-author of 'Landscapes of War' (Tempus).
