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Women and children first

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 August 2019

Claire M. Hodson
Claire M. Hodson*
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Department of Archaeology, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK (Email: c.m.hodson@durham.ac.uk)
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The last two decades have seen an exponential rise in scholarly interest and research into childhood, and children, in the past (e.g. Scheuer & Black 2000; Baxter 2005; Lewis 2007; Finlay 2013; Halcrow et al. 2018). Multiple publications have explored the scholarly origins of the field, detailing its complex and multidisciplinary development (Prout 2005; Halcrow & Tayles 2008; Lillehammer 2015; Mays et al. 2017). Several authors (e.g. Lillehammer 2015; Mays et al. 2017) have also, very successfully, synthesised extant research themes and investigations, and proposed future research directions. Consequently, although this field is in its relative infancy, its voice is louder than ever as the importance of studies of childhood and children in the past is realised.

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Antiquity , Volume 93 , Issue 370 , August 2019 , pp. 1088 - 1091
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd, 2019 

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