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Description, based upon research evidence from the Near East and elsewhere, of the change in the gendered division of labor during the Neolithic agricultural revolution.
List of contents
Part 1 Foreword Part 2 Chapter 1: An Investigation of Labor Patterns Chapter 3 Work Patterns and Sexual Divisions: Historical Background Chapter 4 Social Models in Archaeology: Past and Future Chapter 5 Sex and Gender Terminology Chapter 6 Study Area and Chronology Chapter 7 Organizations Part 8 Chapter 2: Archaeological Evidence from the Southern Levant Chapter 9 Natufian Period Chapter 10 Pre-Pottery Neolithic Period Chapter 12 Chalcolithic Period Chapter 13 Early Bronze I Period Chapter 14 Summary Part 15 Chapter 3: Markers of Occupational Stress Chapter 16 Historical Overview Chapter 17 Structural Changes Chapter 18 Joint Modification Chapter 19 Trauma Chapter 20 Tooth wear, Dental Trauma, and Caries Chapter 21 Musculoskeletal Stress Markers Chapter 22 Summary Part 23 Chapter 4: Occupational Evidence and Hypotheses From the Levant Chapter 24 Extant Studies Chapter 25 Chronological Summary Chapter 26 Conclusions Part 27 Chapter 5: New Musculoskeletal Stress Markers Chapter 28 Materials Chapter 29 Methods Chapter 30 Analytical Techniques Chapter 31 Natufian Results Chapter 32 Neolithic Results Chapter 33 Early Bronze I Results Part 34 Chapter 6: Modeling Changing Labor Scenarios Chapter 35 Integrating MSM with previous activity reconstructions Chapter 36 Activities and Performance Spaces Chapter 37 Models of Sexual Labor Changes with the Advent of Farming Chapter 38 An Engendered Model Part 39 Bibliography Part 40 Index Part 41 About the Author Chapter 42 Neolithic Period
About the author
Jane Peterson is assistant professor of anthropology at Marquette University.
