Under the influence of phenomenological approaches, a semiotic perspective on the body is
being replaced in archaeology by analysis of the production and experience of lived bodies …

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 …

Given the absence of written records, the main source of information available to analyze
gender inequalities in early complex societies is the human body itself. And yet, for decades …

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 …

The warrior woman has long been part of the Viking image, with a pedigree that extends
from the Valkyries of Old Norse prose and poetry to modern media entertainment. Until …

With these words Michel Foucault opened his famous study of sexual identity based on the
memoirs of Herculine Barbin (Foucault 1980), also known as Alexina, Camille, and Abel. It is …

This is the first book to focus entirely on children and material culture. The contributors ask:*
what is the relationship between children and the material world?* how does the material …

First published in 1998. The Land of Prehistory reveals the powerful ideological function
American archaeology has naively served, from the discipline's construction in Victorian …