Gender and the Archaeology of Death

Herausgeber: Arnold, Bettina; Wicker, Nancy L.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Gender and Archaeology Nr.2
• Verlag: Altamira Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 332g
• ISBN-13: 9780759101371
• ISBN-10: 075910137X
• Artikelnr.: 21085141

Autorenporträt

Bettina Arnold teaches anthropology at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and Nancy L. Wicker is in the Art Department at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Introduction Part 2 Gender Ideology and Mortuary Analysis Chapter 3
1. Killing the Female? Archaeological Narratives of Infanticide Chapter 4
2. Life, Death, and the Longhouse: A Gendered View of Oneota Social
Organization Chapter 5 3. Gender Studies in Chinese Neolithic Archaeology
Part 6 Gender and Power Chapter 7 4. Visible Women Made Invisible:
Interpreting Varangian Women in Old Russia Chapter 8 5. The Position of
Iron Age Scandinavian Women: Evidence from Graves and Rune Stones Part 9
Gender Roles and the Ambiguity of Signification Chapter 10 6. Gender and
Mortuary Analysis: What Can Grave Goods Really Tell Us? Chapter 11 7.
Sharing the Load: Gender and Task Division at the Windover Site Chapter 12
8. Grave Goods Do Not a Gender Make: A Case Study from Singen am
Hohentwiel, Germany Part 13 Weapons, Women, Warriors Chapter 14 9. Decoding
the Gender Bias: Inferences of Atlatls in Female Mortuary Contexts Chapter
15 10. Warfare and Gender in the Northern Plains: Osteological Evidence of
Trauma Reconsidered