French, JC;
(2019)
Archaeological demography as a tool for the study of women and gender in the past.
Cambridge Archaeological Journal
, 29
(1)
pp. 141-157.
10.1017/S0959774318000380.
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Abstract
In the last 20 years, demography has re-emerged as a key research area within archaeology. This research has refined archaeological demographic methods and examined the relationships between demographic, cultural and environmental change. Here, I discuss how the results of the growing corpus of archaeological demographic studies can contribute to gender archaeology, aiding the incorporation of women into narratives of the past. By considering the important role of women in the demographic regimes of small-scale societies, I explain how archaeological demography can provide insights into the behaviour and lives of women, without relying on the often problematic identification of gendered artefacts, activities and/or places. Archaeological demography as a tool for gender archaeology also permits a move away from the female empiricism of simply adding women into archaeological narratives, to provide an alternative framework for the analysis of gender roles and practices. I demonstrate the feasibility and benefits of this approach using an example from the Upper Palaeolithic of southwestern France.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Archaeological demography as a tool for the study of women and gender in the past |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1017/S0959774318000380 |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959774318000380 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10052764 |
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