Social Experience of Childhood in Ancient Mesoamerica

The first book to focus on children in ancient Mesoamerica, this vital reference for Mesoamericanists offers a methodological guide for archaeologists studying children and their roles in ancient societies worldwide. Contributors examine material evidence, historical records, and iconography, productively criticizing the claim that children are invisible in the archaeological record and elucidating an ancient childhood comprising multiple and complex identities. They explore the methodological and theoretical difficulties created when investigating childhood'a category defined by each culture'in the archaeological record. Contributors include Traci Ardren, Ximena Chavez Balderas, Billie Follensbee, Byron Hamann, Scott Hutson, Rosemary Joyce, Stacie King, Jeanne Lopiparo, Patricia McAnany, Geoffrey McCafferty, Sharisse McCafferty, Juan Alberto Roman Berreleza, Rebecca Storey, Rissa Trachman, and Fred Valdez Jr.Ardren, Traci is the author of 'Social Experience of Childhood in Ancient Mesoamerica ', published 2006 under ISBN 9780870818271 and ISBN 0870818279.