| Description |
240 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-220) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Gender as concept -- History of gender research in archaeology -- Power and prestige -- The constructed past -- The value of gendered archaeology -- Lens, mirror, or prism? -- Chapter organization -- Exploring gender in anthropology -- Scientific outsiders -- Women as archaeologists -- The hairy-chested and the hairy-chinned -- Remedies -- Conclusions -- Gender implications of archaeological theories -- Some principles for engendering archaeology -- Strategies for gender research -- Resources for engendering the past -- Conclusions -- Origins and evolution -- Evolution constructed as male -- Women's responses -- Primate research : our own reflection -- "Early man" studies, and the absence of "early woman" -- Gendering the European Paleolithic -- Conclusions -- Tool-makers : the critique -- Strategies for bringing women's tool-making to light -- Gathering and hunting : the critique -- Strategies for engendering hunting and gathering -- Farmers : the critique -- Food preparation : the critique -- Food preparation : archaeological examples -- Potters : the critique -- Strategies to engender pottery production -- Spinners, weavers, and tailors -- Conclusions -- Matriarchy, matrilineality, and matrilocality -- Kin organization : stylistic analysis -- Motherhood -- Daughters and sisterhood -- Wifehood -- Conclusions -- Traders -- Healers -- Religious leaders -- Warriors and athletes -- Leaders : big women, chiefs, and queens -- Conclusions -- Female figurines -- Ideology as mystification -- Conclusions -- Female figurines -- Ideology as mystification -- Conclusions -- Writing archaeology -- Cultural evolution and gender -- Agency and values -- Toward a gendered archaeology. |
| Subject |
Feminist archaeology.
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| ISBN |
0761991166 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0761991158 (alk. paper) |
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