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1 online resource (506 p.) |
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Scales of Transformation Ser. ; v.6 |
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Scales of Transformation Ser
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| Contents |
Intro -- Preface of the series editors -- Introduction to gender transformations -- Julia Katharina Koch and Wiebke Kirleis -- 1 Gendering fieldwork -- Matters of gender in the Kerameikos excavation in Athens -- Jutta Stroszeck -- Women in the field. Preliminary insights from images of archaeology in Portugal in the 1960s and the 1970s. A first essay -- Ana Cristina Martins -- Gendered and diversified fieldwork classes in prehistoric archaeology? An examination of and a perspective on Bachelor study programs of German universities -- Doris Gutsmiedl-Schümann |
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'Fieldwork is not the proper preserve of a lady'. Gendered images of archaeologists from textbooks to social media -- Jana Esther Fries -- 2 Tracing gender transformations -- 2.1 In methodology -- What is gender transformation, where does it take place, and why? Reflections from archaeology -- Marie Louise Stig Sørensen -- Osteology defines sex and archaeology defines gender? Insights from physical anthropology -- Johanna Kranzbühler -- Gender in Linearbandkeramik research. Traditional approaches and new avenues -- Nils Müller-Scheeßel -- 2.2 In burials |
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Changing gender perception from the Mesolithic to the beginning of the Middle Neolithic -- Daniela Nordholz -- Making the invisible visible. Expressing gender in mortuary practices in north-eastern Hungary in the 5th millennium BCE -- Alexandra Anders and Emese Gyöngyvér Nagy -- Copper Age transformations in gender identities. An Essay -- Jan Turek -- Gender symbolism in female graves of the Bronze Age evidenced by the materials from the Lisakovsk burial complex of the Andronovo cultural horizon -- Emma R. Usmanova and Marina K. Lachkova |
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Male gender identity during the Ural Bronze Age. On the way down? -- Natalia Berseneva -- Transformations in a woman's life in prehistoric and archaic societies of the Scythians and the Kalmyks -- Maria Ochir-Goryaeva -- Tracing gender in funerary data. The case study of elite graves in the North-Alpine complex (Late Bronze Age to La Tène B) -- Caroline Trémeaud -- 2.3 In cultural landscapes -- Social manipulation of gender identities in Early Iron Age Latium Vetus (Italy) -- Ilona Venderbos -- Time- and space-related genders and changing social roles. A case study from Archaic southern Italy |
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Christian Heitz -- 2.4 In ritual and art -- 'Shaman' burials in prehistoric Europe. Gendered images? -- Nataliia Mykhailova -- Part-time females and full-time specialists? Identifying gender roles in ritual behaviour and archaeological remains -- Andy Reymann -- Beyond gender. Approaches to anthropomorphic imagery in prehistoric central Anatolia -- Aysel Arslan -- Art and gender. The case study of enamelling in continental Europe (4th-3rd century BCE) -- Virginie Defente -- 3 Gendering and shaping the environment -- Gender and the environment in archaeology. A discussion |
| Summary |
In which chronological, spatial, and social contexts is gender a relevant social category that is noticeable in the archaeological material? How can transformations in social gender relations and identity be recognized archaeologically? Is the identity of prehistoric people defined by gender? If so, what is the accompanying cultural context? What about gender equality among the scientists working in archaeology? In what degree are research teams, as well as their scientific approaches, biased today?These and other burning questions are intensively discussed in this volume, which comprises 25 c |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Social archaeology.
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Feminist archaeology.
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Prehistoric peoples.
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Feminist archaeology.
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Prehistoric peoples.
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Social archaeology.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kirleis, Wiebke
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| ISBN |
9789088908231 |
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9088908230 |
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