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Size counts: the miniature archaeology of childhood in Inuit societies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Robert W. Park
Robert W. Park*
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Department of Anthropology & Classical Studies, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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Abstract

The role and place of children is frequently overlooked in archaeology. Here Robert Park presents an intriguing analysis of the toys of childhood found in Inuit societies in Canada and Greenland, and assesses how such objects inform on the role of children in Arctic societies.

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InuittoyminiatureThuleCanadaGreenlandethnography
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Antiquity , Volume 72 , Issue 276 , June 1998 , pp. 269 - 281
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1998

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