[Book spotlight] The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Childhood

Check out this new, amazing handbook on the archeology of childhood here, which includes a section on ‘Learning, Socialization, and Training’, and ‘Seeing, Presenting, and Interpreting the Archeology of Childhood’.

This is a great resource for archeologists seeking to take children seriously in their work.

[Book spotlight] Anthropological Perspectives on Children as Helpers, Workers, Artisans, and Labore

For a great book by the prolific David Lancy on children’s work, which contains great information on forager societies as well, check out Anthropological Perspectives on Children as Helpers, Workers, Artisans, and Laborers!

[In the news] AnthroBites interview with Graeme Warren

“The study of hunter-gatherers, if we accept that this is kind of a made-up thing, then what we are talking about here is the study of humanity, which is a useful thing to be doing—and the diversity of humanity, the range of ways through which human groups organize themselves.”

Listen to a great interview by Graeme Warren,Senior Lecturer in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin, discuss the current state of hunter-gatherer research on the AnthroBites podcast here.