The archaeology of age

Archaeology of Identity: Approaches to Gender, Age, Status, Ethnicity and Religion

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 43-66

  Lucy, Sam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85083283096     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203087572-8     Document Type: Chapter

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1. Although an apparent paradox, this is because higher infant and childhood death rates result in a smaller proportion of the population reaching adulthood; thus a greater proportion of the population’s total person-years are lived in childhood (Chamberlain 2000: 207).