Exploring Sex And Gender In Bioarchaeology

Author : Sabrina C. Agarwal
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
ISBN 13 : 0826352596
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring Sex and Gender in Bioarchaeology written by Sabrina C. Agarwal and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2017-04-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together the latest approaches in bioarchaeology in the study of sex and gender. Archaeologists have long used skeletal remains to identify gender. Contemporary bioarchaeologists, however, have begun to challenge the theoretical and methodological basis for sex assignment from the skeleton. Simultaneously, they have started to consider the cultural construction of the gendered body and gender roles, recognizing the body as uniquely fashioned from the interaction of biological, social, and environmental factors. As the contributors to this volume reveal, combining skeletal data with contextual information can provide a richer understanding of life in the past.

Author : Sabrina C. Agarwal
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
ISBN 13 : 0826352588
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring Sex and Gender in Bioarchaeology written by Sabrina C. Agarwal and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archaeologists have long used skeletal remains to identify gender. As the contributors to this volume reveal, combining skeletal data with contextual information can provide a richer understanding of life in the past.

Author : Robert A. Schmidt
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134593856
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Archaeologies of Sexuality written by Robert A. Schmidt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-06-28 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timely and pioneering work that demonstrates the challenges and rewards of integrating the study of sex and sexuality within archaeology, It draws on locations as varied as the ancient Maya Kingdoms, convict-era Australia and prehistoric Europe.

Author : Sabrina C. Agarwal
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 144439052X
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Social Bioarchaeology written by Sabrina C. Agarwal and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-03-21 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrates new methodological directions in analyzing human social and biological variation Offers a wide array of research on past populations around the globe Explains the central features of bioarchaeological research by key researchers and established experts around the world

Author : Marie Louise Stig Sørensen
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 074566864X
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gender Archaeology written by Marie Louise Stig Sørensen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-24 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This major new textbook explores the relations between gender and archaeology, providing an innovative and important account of how material culture is used in the construction of gender. Throughout this lively and accessible text, Sorensen engages with the question of how gender is materially constituted, and examines the intersection of social and material concerns from the Palaeolithic Age to the present day. Part One discusses a range of important general issues, beginning with an overview of the recent role of gender and gender relations in our appropriation of past societies. After introducing the debate about feminist or gender archaeology, Sorensen examines archaeology's concern with the sex/gender distinction, the nature of negotiation, and feminist epistemological claims in relation to archaeology. In Part Two, the author focuses on the materiality of gender, exploring it through case studies ranging from prehistory to contemporary society. Food, dress, space and contact are examined in turn, to show how they express and negotiate gender roles. This illustrated textbook will be essential reading for students and scholars in archaeology, anthropology, material culture studies and women's studies.

Author : Barry W. Cunliffe
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199271011
Total Pages : 1161 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Archaeology written by Barry W. Cunliffe and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2009 with total page 1161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook provides an authoritative guide to the full range of archaeological activities past and present. It will give the reader a sense of the history of the subject and of the main theoretical debates, as well as a taste of the excitement generated by archeological exploration.

Author : Anne L. Grauer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521620901
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sex and Gender in Paleopathological Perspective written by Anne L. Grauer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-12-10 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores ramifications of sex and gender on ancient and modern human diseases.

Author : Rosemary A Joyce
Publisher : Thames and Hudson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Bodies Ancient Lives written by Rosemary A Joyce and published by Thames and Hudson. This book was released on 2008-03-25 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General Adult. An anthropological report on gender roles in prehistoric times draws on a wealth of recent studies that offers insight into the history of sexual identity as it developed hundreds of thousands of years ago, challenging modern stereotypes and assumptions to explain the different ways in which ancient people defined themselves.

Author : Pamela L. Geller
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319409956
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bioarchaeology of Socio-Sexual Lives written by Pamela L. Geller and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-28 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume uses bioarchaeological remains to examine the complexities and diversity of past socio-sexual lives. This book does not begin with the presumption that certain aspects of sex, gender, and sexuality are universal and longstanding. Rather, the case studies within—extend from Neolithic Europe to pre-Columbian Mesoamerica to the nineteenth-century United States—highlight the importance of culturally and historically contextualizing socio-sexual beliefs and practices. The Bioarchaeology of Socio-Sexual Lives highlights a major shortcoming in many scholarly and popular presentations of past socio-sexual lives. They reveal little about the ancient or historic group under study and much about Western society’s modern state of heteronormative affairs. To interrogate commonsensical thinking about socio-sexual identities and interactions, this volume draws from critical feminist and queer studies. Reciprocally, bioarchaeological studies extend social theorizing about sex, gender, and sexuality that emphasizes the modern, conceptual, and discursive. Ultimately, The Bioarchaeology of Socio-Sexual Lives invites readers to think more deeply about humanity’s diversity, the naturalization of culture, and the past’s presentation in mass-media communications.

Author : Roberta Gilchrist
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134607008
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gender and Archaeology written by Roberta Gilchrist and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gender and Archaeology is the first volume to critically review the development of this now key topic internationally, across a range of periods and material culture. ^l Roberta Gilchrist explores the significance of the feminist epistemologies. She shows the unique perspective that gender archaeology can bring to bear on issues such as division of labour and the life course. She examines issues of sexuality, and the embodiment of sexual identity. A substantial case study of gender space and metaphor in the medieval English castle is used to draw together and illustrate these issues.