A01=Robin Derricourt
Archaeology
Author_Robin Derricourt
Category=JHMC
Category=NKD
Childhood
Children
Discovery
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Excavations
Growing
Hominins
Infancy
Motherhood
Prehistory
Product details
- ISBN 9781526128935
- Weight: 603g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 30 May 2018
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This is the first book to survey the ‘hidden half’ of prehistoric societies as revealed by archaeology – from Australopithecines to advanced Stone Age foragers, from farming villages to the beginnings of civilisation. Prehistoric children can be seen in footprints and finger daubs, in images painted on rocks and pots, in the signs of play and the evidence of first attempts to learn practical crafts. The burials of those who did not reach adulthood reveal clothing, personal adornment, possession and status in society, while the bodies themselves provide information on diet, health and sometimes violent death. This book demonstrates the extraordinary potential for the study of childhood within the prehistoric record, and will suggest to those interested in childhood what can be learnt from the study of the deep past.
Robin Derricourt is an Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Humanities at the University of New South Wales and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
