Handbook of Gender in Archaeology

by Nelson, Sarah Milledge; Alberti, Benjamin; Arnold, Bettina; Ashmore, Wendy; Bacus, Elisabeth A.; Bolger, Diane; Bruhns, Karen Olsen; Brumbach, Hetty Jo; Brumfiel, Elizabeth M.; Clark, Bonnie J.; Crabtree, Pam; Ebert, Virginia; Hendon, Julia A.; Hollimon,

• ISBN13: 9780759106789
• ISBN10: 0759106789
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-07-13
• Publisher: AltaMira Press

Summary

First reference work to explore the research on gender in archaeology.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction: Archaeological Perspectives on Gender
SARAH MILLEDGE NELSON	1	(30)
Part I: Theoretical and Thematic Issues
CHAPTER 1 Methods in Feminist and Gender Archaeology: A Feeling for Difference and Likeness
ELIZABETH M. BRUMFIEL	31	(28)
CHAPTER 2 Feminist Theory and Gender Research in Historical Archaeology
SUZANNE M. SPENCER-WOOD	59	(46)
CHAPTER 3 Gender, Things, and Material Culture
MARIE LOUISE STIG SØRENSEN	105	(32)
CHAPTER 4 Gender and Archaeological Mortuary Analysis
BETTINA ARNOLD	137	(34)
CHAPTER 5 The Engendered Household
JULIA A. HENDON	171	(28)
CHAPTER 6 Gender and Landscapes
WENDY ASHMORE	199	(20)
CHAPTER 7 Gender, Heterarchy, and Hierarchy
JANET E. LEVY	219	(28)
CHAPTER 8 Gender and Ethnoarchaeology
KATHRYN WEEDMAN	247	(48)
CHAPTER 9 Feminist Gender Research in Classical Archaeology
SUZANNE M. SPENCER-WOOD	295	(38)
Part II: Identities
CHAPTER 10 The Prism of Self: Gender and Personhood
BONNIE J. CLARK AND LAURIE A. WILKIE	333	(32)
CHAPTER 11 Sexuality in Archaeology
BARBARA L. VOSS	365	(36)
CHAPTER 12 Archaeology, Men, and Masculinities
BENJAMIN ALBERTI	401	(34)
CHAPTER 13 The Archaeology of Nonbinary Genders in Native North American Societies
SANDRA E. HOLLIMON	435	(18)
Part III: Subsistence Strategies
CHAPTER 14 Gender and Human Evolution
DIANE BOLGER	453	(50)
CHAPTER 15 Gender Dynamics in Hunter-Gatherer Society: Archaeological Methods and Perspectives
HETTY JO BRUMBACH AND ROBERT JARVENPA	503	(34)
CHAPTER 16 Gender and Early Farming Societies
JANE D. PETERSON	537	(34)
CHAPTER 17 Women, Gender, and Pastoralism
PAM CRABTREE	571	(24)
Part IV: World Regions
CHAPTER 18 A Critical Appraisal of Gender Research in African Archaeology
DIANE LYONS	595	(38)
CHAPTER 19 Gender in East and Southeast Asian Archaeology
ELISABETH A. BACUS	633	(34)
CHAPTER 20 Gender and Archaeology in South and Southwest Asia
CARLA M. SINOPOLI	667	(24)
CHAPTER 21 Gender and the Disciplinary Culture of Australian Archaeology
CLAIRE SMITH AND EMER O'DONNELL	691	(42)
CHAPTER 22 Gender Archaeology in Europe
RUTH WHITEHOUSE	733	(52)
CHAPTER 23 Gender and Mesoamerican Archaeology
ROSEMARY A. JOYCE	785	(28)
CHAPTER 24 Gender Archaeology in Native North America
KAREN OLSEN BRUHNS	813	(40)
CHAPTER 25 Gender in South American Archaeology
VIRGINIA EBERT AND THOMAS C. PATTERSON	853	(22)
Index	875	(32)
About the Contributors	907