Does sexuality have a past? A growing body of archaeological research on sexuality
demonstrates that the sexual politics of the past were as richly varied and complex as those …

The social anthropology of death 21 Cross-cultural generalizations and the New
Archaeology's search for middle range theory 27 Funerary practices: agency, power and …

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 …

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 …

The Archaeology of Identity presents an overview of five of the key areas that have recently
emerged in archaeological social theory: gender, age, status, ethnicity and religion. This …

In popular culture, such diverse characters as occultist Aleister Crowley, Doors musician Jim
Morrison, and performance artist Joseph Beuys have been called shamans. In anthropology …

Context and interpretation. Writing a study of infancy and infant death. The power of the
contradictory infant: defining infancy. Identifying the gap in archaeology; why an interest in …

Page 1 DRESS IN ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND GALE R. OWEN-CROCKER Page 2 Page 3
Page 4 THIS ENCYCLOPAEDIC STUDY of English Anglo-Saxon dress examines the subject …

King Arthur is probably the most famous and certainly the most legendary medieval king.
From the early ninth century through the middle ages, to the Arthurian romances of Victorian …

This is a history of the early European middle ages through the eyes of women, combining
the rich literature of women's history with original research in the context of mainstream …