Are all warriors male? : gender roles on the ancient Eurasian Steppe / edited by Katheryn M. Linduff and Karen S. Rubinson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Linduff, Katheryn M.

Rubinson, Karen Sydney, 1943-

Series:

Gender and archaeology series ; v. 17.

Gender and archaeology series ; v. 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social archaeology--Eurasia.

Social archaeology.

Human remains (Archaeology)--Eurasia.

Human remains (Archaeology).

Sex role--Eurasia--History.

Sex role.

Warfare, Prehistoric--Eurasia.

Warfare, Prehistoric.

Women, Prehistoric--Eurasia.

Women, Prehistoric.

History.

Eurasia--Antiquities.

Eurasia.

Antiquities.

Physical Description:

xxi, 270 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : AltaMira Press, [2008]

Summary:

Are All Warriors Male? is a lively inquiry into questions of gender on the ancient Eurasian steppes. The contributors are archaeologists who work in eastern Europe, central Asia, and eastern Asia, and this volume is the result of their field research in this vast region. Little has been written about the evidence of gender roles in ancient-or modern-pastoralist societies, and this book fills an empty niche in our understanding of how sexual roles and identities have shaped and been shaped by such social and cultural circumstances. Are All Warriors Male? is a groundbreaking work that challenges current conceptions about the development of human societies in this great cauldron of humanity.

Contents:

Introduction: The nature of nomads, cultural variation, and gender roles past and present / Katheryn M. Linduff and Karen S. Rubinson

Reconsidering warfare, status, and gender in the Eurasian Steppe Iron Age / Bryan Hanks

Arma feminamque cano : warrior-women in the Indo-European world / Karlene Jones-Bley

Tillya Tepe : aspects of gender and cultural identity / Karen S. Rubinson

Women's attire and possible sacred role in 4th millennium northern Kazakhstan / Sandra Olsen and Deborah G. Harding

He who eats the horse, she who rides it? symbols of gender identity on the eastern edges of the Eurasian Steppe / Gideon Shelach

Horses and gender in Korea : the legacy of the Steppe on the edge of Asia / Sarah Milledge Nelson

Women and children in the Sargat culture / Natalia Berseneva

Sorting out men and women in the Karasuk culture / Sophie Legrand

The gender of luxury and power among the Xiongnu in eastern Eurasia / Katheryn M. Linduff.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-253) and index.

ISBN:

9780759110731

0759110735

9780759110748

0759110743

OCLC:

164802610