Gender Violence in the American Southwest (Ad 1100-1300) - Mothers, Sisters, Wives, Slaves

This volume uses osteobiography and individual-level analyses of burials retrieved from the La Plata River Valley (New Mexico) to illustrate the variety of roles that Ancestral Pueblo women played in the past (circa AD 1100-1300).

List of contents

1 Mindful Bodies; 2 Portrait of a Desert Farming Community; 3 Everyday Life Matters: Social Violence at La Plata; 4 Wives, Mothers, Sisters, Slaves: Complexities in Roles and Relations; 5 Capturing Women, Capturing Power

About the author

Debra L. Martin is a Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas NV, USA.
Claira E. Ralston is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas NV, USA.

Summary

This volume uses osteobiography and individual-level analyses of burials retrieved from the La Plata River Valley (New Mexico) to illustrate the variety of roles that Ancestral Pueblo women played in the past (circa AD 1100-1300).

Product details

• Authors: Debra L. Martin, Debra L. (University of Nevada Martin, Martin Debra L., Claira Ralston
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2024
• EAN: 9780367642273
• ISBN: 978-0-367-64227-3
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Bodies and Lives
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Anthropology, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical, Archaeology by period / region, History of the Americas, Human biology, Society and culture: general, Medical Anthropology, Archaeological Theory