Gender and the Archaeology of Death

Name: Gender and the Archaeology of Death
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ISBN: 9780759101371

ISBN-10: 075910137X

ISBN-13: 9780759101371

Edition: 2001

Authors: Bettina Arnold, Nancy L. Wicker

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Description:

Edited volume on what archaeological mortuary analysis can tell researchers about gender relations in the ancient world.

Book details

Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Publication date: 6/20/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.530
Language: English



Introduction



Gender Ideology and Mortuary Analysis



Killing the Female? Archaeological Narratives of Infanticide




Life, Death, and the Longhouse: A Gendered View of Oneota Social Organization




Gender Studies in Chinese Neolithic Archaeology



Gender and Power



Visible Women Made Invisible: Interpreting Varangian Women in Old Russia




The Position of Iron Age Scandinavian Women: Evidence from Graves and Rune Stones



Gender Roles and the Ambiguity of Signification



Gender and Mortuary Analysis: What Can Grave Goods Really Tell Us?




Sharing the Load: Gender and Task Division at the Windover Site




Grave Goods Do Not a Gender Make: A Case Study from Singen am Hohentwiel, Germany



Weapons, Women, Warriors



Decoding the Gender Bias: Inferences of Atlatls in Female Mortuary Contexts




Warfare and Gender in the Northern Plains: Osteological Evidence of Trauma Reconsidered



Index


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