Minor concerns: A demographic perspective on children in past societies

Children and Material Culture

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 206-212

  Chamberlain, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84889431204     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203991862-30     Document Type: Chapter

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