This volume demonstrates how archaeological data viewed through the lens of gender studies can lead researchers to question and reformulate current models of household organization, subsistence and craft production, ritual performance, and the structure of ancient states.
Challenges existing models of prehistoric society that assume the existence of rigidly binary gender systems Part of the Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association Series
Language
English
Pages
124
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Release
March 15, 2010
ISBN
1444334034
ISBN 13
9781444334036
Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association, Gender, Households, and Society: Unraveling the Threads of the Past and the Present
This volume demonstrates how archaeological data viewed through the lens of gender studies can lead researchers to question and reformulate current models of household organization, subsistence and craft production, ritual performance, and the structure of ancient states.
Challenges existing models of prehistoric society that assume the existence of rigidly binary gender systems Part of the Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association Series