ABSTRACT
Traditionally, the bulk of publications on Byzantine children come from the study of documentary evidence and/or the archaeological record, covering various aspects of their precarious lives. In the last decades bioarchaeological studies, combining osteological, archaeological and documentary data, have considerably contributed to our understanding of what it was like to be a child in Byzantine society. This chapter aims to explore the contribution of such studies to research on Byzantine children. The main focus is on Byzantine Greek populations (6th–14th century AD) and treats issues of mortality patterns, paleopathology and infant feeding practices with the valuable contribution of stable isotope analysis.
