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The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Childhood

Beschreibung

In this volume, experts from around the world investigate childhood in the past, showing why it is important to understand childhood, why different cultures construct different ideas of how to rear children, what part children play in the community, and when and why childhood ends.

Autor

Sally Crawford is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford. A Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, she is widely published on Anglo-Saxon archaeology and the archaeology of childhood and is a co-founder and current President of the Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past. Dawn Hadley is Professor of Medieval Archaeology at the University of Sheffield. Dawn has published extensively on Anglo-Saxon and Viking-Age archaeology, and on the archaeology of identity. She is also is a Committee member of the Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past, and Honorary Secretary of the Society for Medieval Archaeology. Gillian Shepherd is the Director of the A.D. Trendall Research Centre for Ancient Mediterranean Studies and Lecturer in Ancient Mediterranean Studies at La Trobe University. She has published extensively on the archaeology of Greek Sicily and South Italy, especially with regard to burial customs, childhood, and identity. She is also founding and former Committee member of the Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.

Produktdetails

• Oxford Handbooks
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 784
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 179mm x 45mm
• Gewicht: 1736g
• ISBN-13: 9780199670697
• ISBN-10: 0199670692
• Artikelnr.: 50429687