GENDER AND SOCIAL COMPLEXITY IN PREHISTORIC AND PROTOHISTORIC CYPRUS

All narratives of the past are gendered, whether consciously or not. Without explicitly considering gender, however, we are more likely to base our interpretations of past societies upon unmediated assumptions reflecting modern western beliefs and practices. Not only does this distort our understand...

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Published inThe Development of Pre-State Communities in the Ancient Near East Vol. 2; p. 156
Main Author Diane Bolger
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Oxbow Books 30.04.2010
Oxbow Books, Limited
Subjects
Alloys
Applied arts
Applied sciences
Archaeological paradigms
Archaeology
Architecture
Arts
Bronze age
Bronzes
Burial monuments
Burial structures
Copper alloys
Decorative arts
Funerary architecture
Gender construction
Gender identity
Gender roles
Gender studies
Iron alloys
Materials science
Metallurgy
Middle & Near Eastern archaeology
Pottery
Prehistoric archaeology
Social sciences
Steels
Three age system
Tombs
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Summary:All narratives of the past are gendered, whether consciously or not. Without explicitly considering gender, however, we are more likely to base our interpretations of past societies upon unmediated assumptions reflecting modern western beliefs and practices. Not only does this distort our understanding of men’s and women’s roles and relations in the remote past, but it legitimises their normative status in contemporary society. The present paper is dedicated to Eddie Peltenburg’s long-standing interest in the social, political and economic development of early societies in the ancient Near East, particularly in Cyprus, as well as his concern with interpreting archaeological evidence
ISBN:184217407X
9781842174074