ABSTRACT
Across the course of the first millennium BC, the Etruscan civilization of central Italy underwent constant change. This contribution begins with a chronologically arranged survey of how to identify children in iconographic representations (mostly from tombs and sanctuaries) according to their size, clothing, hairstyle and ornaments, and the activities in which they are shown. There follows a discussion about what such images and inscriptions are able to tell us about children’s importance, not only for the continuity of their own families, but also for the traditions of their society.
