Ages and Abilities: The Stages of Childhood and their Social Recognition in Prehistoric Europe and Beyond (Paperback)

Ages and Abilities explores social responses to childhood stages from the late Neolithic to Classical Antiquity in Central Europe and the Mediterranean and includes cross-cultural comparison to expand the theoretical and methodological framework. By comparing osteological and archaeological evidence, as well as integrating images and texts, authors consider whether childhood age classes are archaeologically recognizable, at which approximated ages transitions took place, whether they are gradual or abrupt and different for girls and boys. Age transitions may be marked by celebrations and rituals; cultural accentuation of developmental stages may be reflected by inclusion or exclusion at cemeteries, by objects associated with childhood such as feeding vessels and toys, and gradual access to adult material culture. Access to tools, weapons and status symbols, as well as children's agency, rank and social status, are recurrent themes. The volume accounts for the variability in how a range of chronologically and geographically diverse communities perceived children and childhood, and at the same time, discloses universal trends in child development in the (pre-)historic past.

General

Imprint:	Archaeopress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Childhood in the Past Monograph Series
Release date:	October 2020
First published:	2020
Editors:	Katharina Rebay-Salisbury • Doris Pany-Kucera
Dimensions:	250 x 176 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-1-78969-768-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Child & developmental psychology Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > Prehistoric archaeology Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Family & relationships > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Promotions
LSN:	1-78969-768-9
Barcode:	9781789697681

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