Gender and Material Culture in Archaeological PerspectiveMoira Donald, Linda Hurcombe Material culture, the substance of much archaeological research, has only recently been studied as evidence of gender relations. Case studies, drawn from many different periods and areas, develop concepts and theories as diverse as the social context of production and artefact use to the construction of food as a gendered social medium. The international contributors critique traditional approaches and consider feminist and non-heterosexual gender perspectives. |
Contents
A Case | 3 |
Sisters are Doing it for Themselves? Gender Feminism | 20 |
Museum Archaeology | 33 |
Enabling Perspective or Politically Correct Term? | 56 |
Proposal of a Model | 71 |
Time Skill and Craft Specialization as Gender Relations | 88 |
A Critical Evaluation | 110 |
Who Lights the Fire? Gender and the Energy of Production | 123 |
The Use of Space in a Gender Study of Two South African | 153 |
Lithic Functional Analysis as a Means of Studying Gender | 185 |
On Ideology Diet and Health | 209 |
The Anthropology and Archaeology of Mesolithic Gender | 222 |
The Gendering of Children in the Early Bronze Age Cemetery | 238 |
Classic Maya Diet and Gender Relationships | 250 |
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