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This book focuses specifically on the archaeological record related to children, zeroing in on unearthed evidence from five different sites that show the types of activities children participated in across many millennia (from 18,000 BCE to 1700s colonial Florida). Abundant artifact photographs and sidebars supplement the insightful text, which easily switches from narrative to scientific and explanatory. Reading list, websites. Bib., glos., ind.