The Archaeology of Gender: Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Chacmool Conference

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Editors: Walde, Dale and Willows, Noreen D.

Publisher: The Archaeological Association of the University of Calgary (Calgary, AT, Canada)

Pub Date: 1991

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair.  Binding tight.  No tears, bends, folds.  An approx. 3/4″ black mark on upper edge ffep/title page (name?).  Light edge and corner wear.

Notes: Conference papers.  Linda Cordell sums up this conference with a portion of her paper–“The women archaeologists discussed here manifest some shared life and career patterns.  In contrast to women who have contributed to Southwestern ethnology, the archaeologists have devoted many more years of their lives to field work.  This probably reflects basic differences between ethnology and archaeology.  Archaeology as a science is learned largely through experience and apprenticeships.  Careers cannot be built on one or two field projects…The necessity for long stints in the field selects for certain kinds of women.  The women archaeologists were predominantly brought up in the west.  They grew up in small towns, or on ranches, and in pioneer tradition were not treated very differently from their male siblings.  They seem to have been encouraged to participate in competitive activities and were not told could could not engage in particular pursuits including archaeology.” (Page 508).  Okay, some generalizations there, I’ll give you that.  There are 69 papers here, on aspects of gender I had no clue about–to name a few–“The Construction of Gender, Time and Space”, “Sweatlodge Participation Among Nez Perce Women”, “The Genius of the Orangery: Women and Eighteenth Century Chesapeake Gardens”, and “Women and Alcohol: Female Influence on Recreational Patterns in the West 1880-1890”.  VERY RARE.  No other copies available for sale.