Abstract:
This study explores the mortuary remains of children from the MH-LH I periods
of the Argolid, Greece. This examination concentrates on how the child in death acted as
a tool for wealth and status display. Here, children are understood to have perpetuated,
maintained, and reinforced status distinctions between families in their community. The
analysis of one hundred child burials that date to these periods illustrates how the burials
of children were important opportunities used by the families of children to display
wealth and status. Thus, children can be viewed as important factors in the reorganization
of social structure in the transition from the Middle to Late Helladic.
