Archaeology of childhood
The archaeology of childhood is an emerging field of study within archaeology that applied anthropology, ethnography, history, sociology, osteology and biological anthropology to the study of the development and lives of juvenile human individuals (children) in past societies from a material perspective. == Theoretical background == === Early theories === French sociologist Robert Hertz, in his book Death and the Right Hand (1960), voiced contemporary views on child burials being less elaborate in the past because children were not integrated into society yet and it was thus easier to part with them.