Infancy and childhood in funerary contexts of Early Iron Age Middle Tyrrhenian Italy

A great deal of research on infancy and the family in the last few decades has made children far less invisible than they once were, especially with reference to the Greek and Roman world. However, less attention has been devoted to infancy and childhood in Pre-Roman Middle Tyrrhenian Italy, apart from specific topics such as suggrundaria perinatal burials in Early Iron Age Latium vetus. This chapter aims to fill this gap by analysing the representation of infancy and childhood in funerary contexts of Early Iron Age Latium vetus and comparing the results with other regions of middle Tyrrhenian Italy, especially Etruria.