Girling the girl and boying the boy: The production of adulthood in ancient mesoamerica

World Archaeology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 473-483

  Joyce, Rosemary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aztec; Childhood; Costume; Gender; Mesoamerica; Ritual

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER ROLE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLOTHING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; GENDER IDENTITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ARCHAEOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOTHING; GENDER IDENTITY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; INFANT; MEXICO; MORTUARY PRACTICE;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 0034127957     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240009696933     Document Type: Article

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