Maya Children
Helpers at the Farm
Published on 1. July 2009
272 pages
978-0-674-03974-2 (ISBN)
Description
Among the Maya of Xculoc, an isolated farming village in the lowland forests of the Yucatan peninsula, children contribute to household production in considerable ways. Thus this village, the subject of anthropologist Kramer's study, affords a remarkable opportunity for understanding the economics of childhood in a pre-modern agricultural setting.
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, MA; London
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-0-674-03974-2 (9780674039742)
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05/2005
Harvard University Press
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Person
Karen L. Kramer is Associate Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology, at Harvard University.
Content
Introduction 1 1. Children as Helpers at the Nest 7 2. Sources of Variation in Children's Time Allocation 29 3. Situating the Maya 47 4. Maya Families 73 5. Sampling the Population 89 6. How Maya Children Spend Their Time 99 7. Production and Consumption across the Life Course 121 8. Children's Help from a Parent's Perspective 137 9. How Long to Stay and Help? 153 10. Do Helpers Really Help? 165 Postscript: The Unfolding World of the Maya 175 Appendix A: Tables 181 Appendix B: Food List 201 Appendix C: Explanation of Scan and Focal-Follow Variables 205 Appendix D: Adjusting an Analysis of Variance for Proportional Data 207 Notes 211 References 221 Index 245
