The Archaeology of Childhood. Children, Gender, and Material Culture

The Archaeology of Childhood in Context Childhood in Anthropology Childhood in Archaeology The Importance of an Archaeology of Childhood Chapter Organization 2. Theorizing Childhood in Archaeology Introducing the Child's World Children and Gender: Cultural Categories in Archaeology Children as Active Participants in the Past Moving forward: Socialization and the Study of Childhood 3. The Cultural Creation of Childhood: The Idea of Socialization The Concept of Socialization: An Intergenerational Discourse Agents of Socialization and the Imparting of Cultural Knowledge Socialization in the Past Socialization Across Cultures 4. Socialization and the Material Culture of Childhood Multiple Meanings and Material Culture Socialization in the Use of Material Culture: Toys and Playthings Identifying Toys in Archaeological Contexts Socialization in the Making of Material Culture: Apprenticeship and Situated Learning Studying Apprenticeship and Learning in the Archaeological Record 5. Socialization, Behavior, and the Spaces and Places of Childhood Children as a Distorting Factor in the Archaeological Record Socialization and the Use of Space Children at Play Children at Work Children and Space across Cultures Children and Space in the Archaeological Record Socialization, Space and Archaeology of Childhood 6. Socialization, Symbols, and Artistic Representations of Children Depicting Childhood, Depicting Gender Children at Work and at Play Child Rearing and Parenting Children as Cultural Symbols 7. Socialization, Childhood, and Mortuary Remains What are we studying when we analyze mortuary remains? Children as a Category in Mortuary Archaeology Identifying Age Based Categories through Mortuary Remains Childhood Health, Nutrition, and Mortality Children and the Elucidation of Horizontal Social Categories Children as Indicators of Vertical Social Status Mortuary Monuments and Representations of Children 8. Themes and Lessons from the Archaeology of Childhood Socialization, Gender, and the Cultural Construction of Childhood Casting Children as Actors Child, Family, Community, Society All Archaeology is the Archaeology of Childhood Bibliography Index