UnMan HiStory: Establishing womanhood in the Early Bronze Age
Narratives of the Bronze Age portray men as strong warriors, hunters, princes or chiefs. Women, on the other hand, are portrayed as dependent wives whose main contributions appear to be childcare, cooking, weaving, or making pottery. As a result, the biological coincidence that an individual is fem...
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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: | Narratives of the Bronze Age portray men as strong warriors, hunters, princes or chiefs. Women, on the other hand, are portrayed as dependent wives whose main contributions appear to be childcare, cooking, weaving, or making pottery. As a result, the biological coincidence that an individual is female restricts their roles within the Bronze Age society and makes their social position more passive and seemingly less significant. In addition, archaeological research succumbs to the misconcepti... |
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