Reviews
This volume makes a nice addition to the literature on children in bioarchaeology….and these wide-ranging chapters will definitely provide a lot of fodder for classroom discussion and will be of interest to archaeologists and bioarchaeologists alike.
--American Journal of Human Biology
Tracing Childhood will foster a dialogue among scholars on research strategies that combine archaeological, anthropological, and historical information to better interpret the lives of children to better interpret the lives of children in the past.
--Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology
Anyone who has interacted with children recognize that they are not passive actors in society. Tracing Childhood emphasizes the value of the biocultural approach taken by bioarchaeologists in exploring this active role and demonstrates the contribution that such studies can make.
--Journal of Anthropological Research
The first edited book on childhood to adopt a bioarchaeological focus throughout. . . .Tracing Childhood brings together an exciting and diverse range of chapters that showcase the value of bioarchaeological perspectives concerning childhood in the past.
--American Antiquity
An excellent range of well-written papers. . .[that] provide new and very interesting information about the lives of children in the past.
--Childhood in the Past