Robin Derricourt

Unearthing childhood (eBook, ePUB)

Young lives in prehistory

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bonnier Books UK
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526128096
• Artikelnr.: 55005736

Autorenporträt

Robin Derricourt is Honorary Associate Professor in History at the University of New South Wales. He is the author of Inventing Africa (Pluto, 2011).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1 Understanding: the deep past of childhood 2 Being: birth,
motherhood and infancy 3 Growing: the child in its family 4 Feeding:
weaning, eating and health 5 Wearing: clothing, adornment and body shaping
6 Learning: knowledge and skills 7 Playing: fun, games, toys and culture 8
Fighting: conflict and violence 9 Dying I: death and burial in forager
societies 10 Dying II: death and burial in Old World farming societies 11
Progressing: the future of childhood's deep past Index of places General
index