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).

Sommario

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

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Debra L. Martin, Debra L. (University of Nevada Martin, Martin Debra L., Claira Ralston
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 27.05.2024
• EAN: 9780367642273
• ISBN: 978-0-367-64227-3
• Pagine: 160
• Serie: Bodies and Lives
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; 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