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Women in prehistory : North America and Mesoamerica / edited by Cheryl Claassen and Rosemary A. Joyce.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Claassen, Cheryl, 1953- editor.
- Series:
- Regendering the past
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indian women--North America--Economic conditions.
- Indian women.
- Indian women--Mexico--Economic conditions.
- Indian women--Material culture--North America.
- Indian women--Material culture--Mexico.
- Economics, Prehistoric--North America.
- Economics, Prehistoric.
- Economics, Prehistoric--Mexico.
- Subsistence economy--North America.
- Subsistence economy.
- Subsistence economy--Mexic.
- Feminist archaeology--North America.
- Feminist archaeology.
- Feminist archaeology--Mexico.
- Indian women--Material culture.
- Economic conditions.
- North America--Antiquities.
- North America.
- Antiquities.
- Mexico--Antiquities.
- Mexico.
- Indian women--Economic conditions.
- Penn Provenance:
- Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xiii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 300 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1996]
- Summary:
- During the 1960s, scholars constructed a model of cultural evolution in which men cooperated in the hunting of big game while women gathered plant food, "immobilized" by pregnancy and childcare. The essays in Women in Prehistory challenge this model as they reconsider women's social and economic roles, exploring the archaeological record to better understand the actions and status of prehistoric women. The fascinating case studies described here range from the earliest Paleoindian people to the societies present at the time of European contact in North America, societies as rich and varied as Maya and Chumash, Iroquois and Zapotec.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
- ISBN:
- 0812233816
- 9780812233810
- 0812216024
- 9780812216028
- OCLC:
- 187456612
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