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dc.contributor.authorLangley, MC
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-26T12:30:48Z
dc.date.available2019-06-26T12:30:48Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.issn0262-5253
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/ojoa.12128
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/381110
dc.description.abstractChildren, no doubt, were a significant component of Upper Palaeolithic societies. Despite this fact, however, serious identification and consideration of material culture which may have belonged to children – at least at one time during their use‐life – have not been undertaken. This situation extends to the best represented and most intensively studied of the European Palaeolithic techno‐complexes, the Magdalenian (c.21,000–14,000 cal BP), and consequently, we know very little about the children of this enigmatic people. As play, including object play, is a ‘true cultural universal’, we can be certain that Magdalenian children integrated objects into their games, with these playthings later incorporated into the archaeological record. Through examining ethnographic accounts of recent hunter‐gatherer children and reconsidering archaeological assemblages in light of these data, this paper suggests that Magdalenian playthings probably included full‐sized adult weapon tips and – more significantly – pieces of what archaeologists term ‘art mobilier’.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley Online
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom3
dc.relation.ispartofpageto24
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalOxford Journal of Archaeology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume37
dc.subject.fieldofresearchArchaeology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchArchaeology of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Levant
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4301
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode430104
dc.titleMagdalenian Children: Projectile Points, Portable Art and Playthings
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Environmental Futures Research Institute
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorLangley, Michelle C.


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