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The Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past, in conjunction with Oxbow Books, publishes this recent international journal, Childhood in the Past. This journal provides a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary, international forum for the publication of research into all aspects of children and childhood in the past, which transcends conventional intellectual, disciplinary, geographical and chronological boundaries. The editor welcomes offers of papers from any field of study which can further knowledge and understanding of the nature and experience of childhood in the past.
Table of Contents
Editorial (Eileen M. Murphy)
Invited paper
Children within Anthropology: Lessons from the Past (Heather Montgomery)
Research Papers
Phases of Childhood in Early Mycenaean Greece (Judit Lebegyev)
Hearth and Home: The Burial of Infants within Romano-British Domestic Contexts (Alison Moore)
The Archaeology of Play Things: Theorising a Toy Stage in the ‘Biography’ of Objects (Sally Crawford)
Children in an Increasingly Violent Social Landscape: A Case Study from the American Southwest (Kathryn A. Kamp )
Children’s Play in the Later Medieval English Countryside (Carenza Lewis)
I Am Not Dead, but Do Sleep Here: The Representation of Children in Early Modern Burial Grounds in Ireland (Lynne McKerr, Eileen Murphy and Colm Donnelly)
Natural History in the Periodical Literature of Victorian Working Class Boys (Christopher Banham)
Saving Childhood in Everyday Objects (Elizabeth Wood)
Review Paper
Breastfeeding and Weaning Behaviour in Archaeological Populations: Evidence from the Isotopic Analysis of Skeletal Materials (Mandy Jay)
Book Reviews
Invited paper
Children within Anthropology: Lessons from the Past (Heather Montgomery)
Research Papers
Phases of Childhood in Early Mycenaean Greece (Judit Lebegyev)
Hearth and Home: The Burial of Infants within Romano-British Domestic Contexts (Alison Moore)
The Archaeology of Play Things: Theorising a Toy Stage in the ‘Biography’ of Objects (Sally Crawford)
Children in an Increasingly Violent Social Landscape: A Case Study from the American Southwest (Kathryn A. Kamp )
Children’s Play in the Later Medieval English Countryside (Carenza Lewis)
I Am Not Dead, but Do Sleep Here: The Representation of Children in Early Modern Burial Grounds in Ireland (Lynne McKerr, Eileen Murphy and Colm Donnelly)
Natural History in the Periodical Literature of Victorian Working Class Boys (Christopher Banham)
Saving Childhood in Everyday Objects (Elizabeth Wood)
Review Paper
Breastfeeding and Weaning Behaviour in Archaeological Populations: Evidence from the Isotopic Analysis of Skeletal Materials (Mandy Jay)
Book Reviews
Reviews & Quotes
"Childhood in the Past is a particularly rare beast: an interdisciplinary journal with a clear agenda and a timely set of aims... This journal will hopefully become a recognised and respected forum for interdisciplinary research of the highest calibre.'"
Gabriel Moshenska
Archaeological Review from Cambridge 23.2 ()
"Archaeologists and historians have given children relatively little attention, so it is good to see a new international multidisciplinary journal which addresses the ways in which they were defined and treated.. University libraries should subscribe, others can join SSCIP if interested.'"
Harold Mytum
British Archaeology
(Nov/Dec 2010)