Beschreibung:
The "Reader in Gender Archaeology" presents nineteen current, controversial and highly influential articles which confront and illuminate issues of gender in prehistory. The articles here, which draw on evidence from a wide range of geographic areas, explore the subject of gender difference and its construction as a natural or cultural one. The contributors demonstrate how archaeological investigation can benefit from an awareness of issues of gender and show how the long-term nature of archaeological research can also inform the gender debate across the disciplines.
Preface. Acknowledgements. List of Contributors Part I: Sex, Gender and Archaeology Part II: Human Origins Part III: Identifying 'Sexual' Divisions of Labour Part IV: From Sexual Divisions to Gender Dynamics Part V: Gender Iconography and Ideology Part VI: Power and Social Hierarchies Part VII: New Narratives, New Visions Glossary Bibliography.