Care, Socialization and Play in Ancient Attica: A Developmental Childhood Archaeological Approach

by Dion Sommer and Maria Sommer

Care, Socialization and Play in Ancient Attica serutinizes in how infants and young children were nursed, cared for and socialized in the oikos (family unit). In what ways were mothers and fathers emotionally engaged in their offspring or were they merely indifferent? What were the developmental consequences of growing up in multiple relationships? How were young children engaged in various types of play in everyday life and what toys were made for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 877124297X
• ISBN13: 9788771242973
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Aarhus University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 9.4"