Gender and archaeology

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Abstract

Introduction : gendered ways of knowing archaeology Rita P. Wright -- Gender, reproduction, and feminine technologies How did prehistoric women bear "man the hunter"? : reconstructing fertility from the archaeological record Gillian R. Bentley -- Reconceiving technology : why feminine technologies matter Judith A. McGaw -- Technology, gender, and class : worlds of difference in Ur III Mesopotamia Rita P. Wright -- Exploring the relationship between gender and craft in complex societies : methodological and theoretical issues of gender and attribution Cathy Lynne Costin -- Figurines and the Aztec state : testing the effectiveness of ideological domination Elizabeth M. Brumfiel -- Construction of gender in classic Maya monuments Rosemary A. Joyce -- Gendered perspectives in the classroom Janet V. Romanowicz and Rita P. Wright -- Cultivating thinking/challenging authority : some experiments in feminist pedagogy in archaeology Margaret W. Conkey and Ruth E. Tringham -- Archaeological practice and gendered encounters with field data Joan M. Gero