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Hide and Seek: The Archaeology of Childhoodby Julie WilemanOxbow says: A number of books on the history and archaeology of children have been published in recent years, such as The Archaeology of Childhood by Eva Baxter, Children and Childhood in Roman Italy by Beryl Rawson, and Medieval Children by Nicholas Orme, but the inclusion of children in historical and archaeological studies is still very much the exception rather than the norm. In her new book, Julie Wileman presents a general introduction to the under-studied and under-valued role of children in past societies. Whilst addressing differing notions of what constitutes a child or childhood between the past and the modern world, she dismisses various excuses that have been made for the invisibility of evidence relating to children in the archaeological record. She is one of a small group of scholars who are crying out for a greater appreciation of the archaeology of children when excavating sites and interpreting data, something that was once demanded for another section of society - women. Hide and Seek takes a thematic approach to the different stages of a child's life, their relationship with adults and their treatment. Subjects such as feeding, clothing, toys and games, a child's place in the home, education, parenting, employment of children, diet, involvement in religion and child deities, are joined by the less savoury topics of vulnerability, slavery, disease and mortality, abuse, infanticide, sacrifice and magic. Examples from many different societies and many different periods are found throughout; from ancient Egypt, the cultures of South America, the Inuit of Canada and the Roman world, to Tudor England, Anglo-Saxon cemeteries and medieval Christianity. 190p, 51 b/w figs (Tempus 2005) 
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