Social Experience of Childhood in Ancient Mesoamerica
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- ISBN 9780870818271
- Weight: 607g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Mar 2006
- Publisher: University Press of Colorado
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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The first book to focus on children in ancient Mesoamerica, this vital reference offers a key methodological guide for archaeologists studying children and their roles not only in Mesoamerica, but also in ancient societies worldwide. Contributors examine material evidence, historical records, and iconography, productively criticising the claim that children are invisible in the archaeological record and elucidating an ancient childhood comprising multiple and complex identities. They explore the methodological and theoretical difficulties created when investigating childhood -- a category defined by each culture -- in the archaeological record. Sure to appeal widely to New World and Old World archaeologists and anthropologists, The Social Experience of Childhood in Ancient Mesoamerica will open up new avenues of research into the lives of this previously overlooked yet remarkably large population.
Traci Ardren is professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Miami. Scott R. Hutson is associate professor in anthropology and international studies at the University of Kentucky.
