Historical archaeology of childhood and parenting : materialized experiences, discourses, identities, places, and meanings / April Kamp-Whittaker, Jamie J. Devine, Suzanne M. Spencer-Wood, editors.
The study of childhood in historical archaeology enriches interpretations of the past, but also has the potential for contributing to the understanding of methodological and theoretical issues in archaeology. Archaeologically, children are understudied relative to both their demographic and social i...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Springer Nature Switzerland,
[2024]
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| Series: | Contributions to global historical archaeology
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks |
| Summary: | The study of childhood in historical archaeology enriches interpretations of the past, but also has the potential for contributing to the understanding of methodological and theoretical issues in archaeology. Archaeologically, children are understudied relative to both their demographic and social importance, partly because children are viewed as difficult to discern in the archaeological record. Historical archaeology, with its access to historical documents to supplement and illuminate archaeological evidence, provides an opportunity to gain a greater understanding of the ways children's daily lives in the past were expressed in historically changing types and patterns of material culture. Recent research presented in this volume contributes valuable perspectives for conceptualizing the historically changing social nature of childhood and methods for illuminating the roles of children. Case studies are designed to illustrate methodological and theoretical advances in the historical archaeology of materialized experiences, discourses, identities, places and their meanings associated with parenting and childhood--back cover. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 250 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |