Communication invitée du thèmeRegards actuels sur les femmes dans les sociétés du passé : constructions sociales, perspectives bio-culturelles et lectures archéo-anthropologiquesThe bioarchaeology of gender: state of the field, problems and future directions
Bioarchaeologists have been using skeletal evidence to study male-female differences and other possible forms of gender for almost a generation now. In this talk, I review the field, its basic concepts and what we have learned about biology and gender differences. Three brief case studies are used:...
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Bulletins et mémoires de la société d’anthropologie de Paris
2023
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| Online adgang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Summary: | Bioarchaeologists have been using skeletal evidence to study male-female differences and other possible forms of gender for almost a generation now. In this talk, I review the field, its basic concepts and what we have learned about biology and gender differences. Three brief case studies are used: embodied lives (for example, what skeletal studies tell us about being male or female in medieval England), violence and gender in prehistoric Europe as an example of how gender relates to long-te... |
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