1st Edition
Gender Violence in the American Southwest (AD 1100-1300) Mothers, Sisters, Wives, Slaves
172 Pages
48 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
172 Pages
48 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
172 Pages
48 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This volume uses osteobiography and individual-level analyses of burials retrieved from the La Plata River Valley (New Mexico) to illustrate the variety of roles that Ancestral Pueblo women played in the past (circa AD 1100–1300). The experiences of women as a result of their gender, age, and status over the life course are reconstructed, with consideration given to the gendered forms of violence... Read more
1 Mindful Bodies; 2 Portrait of a Desert Farming Community; 3 Everyday Life Matters: Social Violence at La Plata; 4 Wives, Mothers, Sisters, Slaves: Complexities in Roles and Relations; 5 Capturing Women, Capturing Power
Biography
Debra L. Martin is a Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas NV, USA.
Claira E. Ralston is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas NV, USA.
