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Archaeology and Women Ancient and Modern Issues

Edited By Sue Hamilton, Ruth D Whitehouse, Katherine I Wright Copyright 2007
    416 Pages
    by Routledge

    416 Pages
    by Routledge

    416 Pages
    by Routledge
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    Archaeology and Women draws together from a variety of angles work currently being done within a contemporary framework on women in archaeology. One section of this collection of original articles addresses the historical and contemporary roles of women in the discipline. Another attempts to link contemporary archaeological theory and practice to work on women and gender in other fields. Finally, this volume presents a wide diversity of theoretical approaches and methods of study of women in the ancient world, representing a cross section of work being carried out today under the broad banner of gender archaeology. The geographical and chronological range of the contributions is also wide, from Southeast Asia and South America to Western Asia, Egypt and Europe, from Great Britain to Greece, and from 10,000 years ago to the recent past. An ideal sampler for courses dealing with women and archaeology.

    Chapter 101 Introduction, SueHamilton, Ruth DWhitehouse, Katherine IWright; Part 1 The Study of Gender and Women in Archaeology; Chapter 1 Gender Archaeology and Archaeology of Women, Ruth DWhitehouse; Chapter 2 On Gender Negotiation and Its Materiality, Marie LouiseStig Sørensen; Part 2 Women in Archaeology; Chapter 3 Winifred Lamb, David WJGill; Chapter 4 Pioneers in Palestine, JaneCallander, Pamela JaneSmith; Chapter 5 Marija Gimbutas, Ernestine SElster; Chapter 6 Women in Practice, SueHamilton; Chapter 7 Genderin’ Experimental Archaeology, SteveTownend; Chapter 8 Warriors and Weavers, SueBallard; Part 3 Women in Antiquity; Chapter 9 Bones of Work at the Origins of Labour, TheyaMolleson; Chapter 10 Women and the Emergence of Urban Society in Mesopotamia, Katherine IWright; Chapter 11 Women of Lahun (Egypt 1800 BC), StephenQuirke; Chapter 12 Figurines Without Sex, MariaMina; Chapter 13 Anklets and the Social Construction of Gender and Age in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Southern Levant, John DMGreen; Chapter 14 Expressing Gender in Bronze Age North East Thailand, Elisabeth ABacus; Chapter 15 Stirring Women, Weapons, and Weaving, SueHarrington; Chapter 16 Gender and Archaeological Site Formation, CaFolorunso; Chapter 17 Painted Genders;

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    Katherine I Wright, Sue Hamilton, Ruth D Whitehouse

    "The three editors (women from the Institute of Archaeology, University College London) present 17 essays dealing with issues of modern female archaeologists as well as archaeological discourse on women in antiquity. Topics include whether gender archaeology and archaeology of women should both be studied, the women excavators of El-Wad Cave in Palestine, women and the emergence of urban society in Mesopotamia, and what asexual figurines in the Neolithic period in the Aegean represented in comparison to those with a distinguishable gender." -Book News, Inc.

    "Historians of archaeology will find the papers on the work of Winifred Lamb, Marija Gimbutas, and the three women excavators of El-Wad Cave in 1929 useful. Valuable for college and university libraries supporting degree programs in anthropology, archaeology, museum studies, and women's studies. Summing up: Recommended. " - R.B.M. Ridinger, CHOICE
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