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<p>List of Illustrations x</p> <p>List of Tables xiii</p> <p>Notes on Contributors xiv</p> <p>Acknowledgments xxii</p> <p>Introduction: Gender Prehistory – The Story So Far 1<br /> <i>Diane Bolger</i></p> <p><b>Part I Thematic Perspectives in Gender Prehistory 21</b></p> <p><b>Section 1 Current Themes and Debates 21</b></p> <p>1 Engendering Human Evolution 23<br /> <i>Adrienne Zihlman</i></p> <p>2 Gender, Complexity, and Power in Prehistory 45<br /> <i>Scott R. Hutson, Bryan K. Hanks, and K. Anne Pyburn</i></p> <p>3 Archaeology of Embodied Subjectivities 68<br /> <i>Teresa Dujnic Bulger and Rosemary A. Joyce</i></p> <p>4 Queer Prehistory: Bodies, Performativity, and Matter 86<br /> <i>Benjamin Alberti</i></p> <p>5 The Future of Gender in Prehistoric Archaeology 108<br /> <i>Margaret W. Conkey</i></p> <p><b>Section 2 Gender and Prehistoric Material Culture 121</b></p> <p>6 Gender and Prehistoric Rock Art 122<br /> <i>Kelley Hays-Gilpin</i></p> <p>7 Gender and Lithic Studies in Prehistoric Archaeology 142<br /> <i>Nyree Finlay</i></p> <p>8 Gender, Labor, and Pottery Production in Prehistory 161<br /> <i>Diane Bolger</i></p> <p>9 Gender and Textile Production in Prehistory 180<br /> <i>Cathy Lynne Costin</i></p> <p><b>Section 3 Gendered Bodies and Identities in Prehistory 203</b></p> <p>10 Personhood in Prehistory: A Feminist Archaeology in Ten Persons 204<br /> <i>Yvonne Marshall</i></p> <p>11 Bioarchaeological Approaches to the Gendered Body 226<br /> <i>Joanna Sofaer</i></p> <p>12 Figurines, Corporeality, and the Origins of the Gendered Body 244<br /> <i>Douglass W. Bailey</i></p> <p>13 Goddesses in Prehistory 265<br /> <i>Lucy Goodison and Christine Morris</i></p> <p><b>Part II Regional Perspectives in Gender Prehistory 289</b></p> <p><b>Section 4 Gender Prehistory in Africa and Asia 289<br /> </b></p> <p><i>14 Gender in North African Prehistory 291<br /> Barbara E. Barich</i></p> <p>15 Gender in the Prehistory of Sub-Saharan Africa 313<br /> <i>Lyn Wadley</i></p> <p>16 Gender and Archaeology in Coastal East Asia 333<br /> <i>Sarah Milledge Nelson</i></p> <p>17 Gender Archaeology in East Asia and Eurasia 351<br /> <i>Katheryn M. Linduff and Karen S. Rubinson</i></p> <p>18 Gender in Southwest Asian Prehistory 372<br /> <i>Diane Bolger and Rita P. Wright</i></p> <p><b>Section 5 Gender in European Prehistory 395</b></p> <p>19 The History of Gender Archaeology in Northern Europe 396<br /> <i>Marie Louise Stig Sørensen</i></p> <p>20 Gender in Eastern European Prehistory 413<br /> <i>John Chapman and Nona Palincaº</i></p> <p>21 Gender and Feminism in the Prehistoric Archaeology of Southwest Europe 438<br /> <i>Margarita Díaz-Andreu and Sandra Montón-Subías</i></p> <p>22 Gender in British Prehistory 458<br /> <i>Benjamin Edwards and Rachel Pope</i></p> <p>23 Gender in Central Mediterranean Prehistory 480<br /> <i>Ruth Whitehouse</i></p> <p>24 Gender in Greek and Aegean Prehistory 502<br /> <i>Louise Hitchcock and Marianna Nikolaidou</i></p> <p><b>Section 6 Gender Prehistory in the Americas and the South Pacific 526</b></p> <p>25 Gender in the Prehistory of the Eastern United States 527<br /> <i>Cheryl Claassen</i></p> <p>26 The Archaeology of Gender in Western North America 544<br /> <i>Alice Beck Kehoe</i></p> <p>27 The Archaeology of Gender in Mesoamerica: Moving Beyond Gender Complementarity 564<br /> <i>Elizabeth M. Brumfiel</i></p> <p>28 Gender in South American Prehistory 585<br /> <i>Melissa A. Vogel and Robyn E. Cutright</i></p> <p>29 Gender and Archaeology in Australia, Papua New Guinea, and the South Pacific 608<br /> <i>Cherrie De Leiuen</i></p> <p>Index 628</p>

<p>“In short, as this volume shows us, there is no doubt that the gender perspective has been the strongest theoretical and methodological stimulus for the study of prehistory during the last decades. Adopting such a perspective provides a much more complex panorama of prehistoric societies than that which has been described to date. Such a panorama is, in turn, infinitely more stimulating.”<i>  (European Journal of Archaeology</i>, 1 March 2014)</p> <p>“Part 2's strength is its global breadth, with most contributors offering a synthesized and regionally bounded historiography of gender studies. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.”  (<i>Choice,</i> 1 July 2013)</p> <p> </p>

<p><b>Diane Bolger</b> is a Research Fellow in Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. In addition to her research on gender, she specializes in the ceramics of early agricultural societies in the ancient Near East, particularly in Cyprus, where she has been involved in fieldwork since the early 1980s. Her major publications on gender include three books: <i>Gender in Ancient Cyprus</i> (2003), <i>Engendering Aphrodite: Women and Society in Ancient Cyprus</i> (2002), and <i>Gender through Time in the Ancient Near East</i> (2008).</p>

<p>The concept of fundamental, innate differences between males and females is a relatively recent phenomenon, the product of western Enlightenment thinking; yet the uncritical acceptance of sex and gender as natural and unchanging phenomena continues to shape much of the research in prehistoric archaeology today. <i>A Companion to Gender Prehistory</i> aims to correct this view by understanding gender as a complex social category, and charting its variability through time and space.</p> <p>In this wide-ranging overview of the field, organized thematically and geographically, top scholars offer up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of developments in the field over the past 30 years, challenging a number of false assumptions about sex and gender, and demonstrating how top-down thinking can skew interpretations of the past. Thematic chapters (Part I) address current areas of interest and debate in gender prehistory, including the interfaces between gender and human evolution, social complexity, prehistoric material culture, bodies and identities, human imagery, and sexuality. Regional chapters (Part II) offer gendered perspectives on archaeological research in particular areas of Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and the South Pacific, and highlight key areas for future research.</p> <p>With its critical wide-ranging approach to prehistoric archaeology examined through the lenses of gender and feminism, this <i>Companion</i> will serve as an authoritative guide to gender prehistory for researchers, instructors, and students in anthropology, archaeology, and gender studies.</p>

<p>“This enormous book contains it all: past studies, current theory, everyone on gender. I can’t wait to own a copy!”<br /> - <i>Joan Gero, American University</i></p> <p>“The publication of <i>A Companion to Gender Prehistory</i> signals a new era in feminist and queer archaeology. With contributions from both established and emerging scholars throughout the world, this volume showcases the diversity and strengths of gender-focused archaeology in the study of the deep past. The authors stimulate our curiosity about the long history of gender and sexuality and chart new directions for emerging research.”<br /> - <i>Barbara L. Voss, Stanford University</i></p>

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