Gender-informed archaeology: The priority of definition, the use of analogy, and the multivariate approach |
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Authors: | Erica Hill |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, 87131 Albuquerque, New Mexico |
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Abstract: | Despite recent efforts to construct gender theory in archaeology, I assert that no methodological or theoretical breakthroughs
have occurred. This lack of progress is due to several factors. First, fundamental terms such as “theory,” “gender,” and “sex”
have been used inconsistently; I suggest some working definitions for these terms. Second, researchers have resorted to the
use of analogical arguments that implicitly deny the role of gender in the organization of human relations. Third, feminist
political agendas have been conflated with research questions. In order to address some of these issues, I suggest that the
application of a multivariate approach to the study of gender can avoid the problems inherent in any one line of evidence.
Finally, I argue that a consideration of the scale of gender questions is essential to the application of existing theoretical
frameworks to gender archaeologically. |
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Keywords: | analogy in archaeology gender relations Bernardino de Sahagún archaeological method and theory multivariate approach |
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