Excavating women [electronic resource] : a history of women in European archaeology / edited by Margarita Díaz-Andreu and Marie Louise Stig Sørensen.
Archaeologists are increasingly aware of issues of gender when studying past societies; women are becoming better represented within the discipline and are attaining top academic posts. However, until now there has been no study undertaken of the history of women in European archaeology and their co...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1998.
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| Summary: | Archaeologists are increasingly aware of issues of gender when studying past societies; women are becoming better represented within the discipline and are attaining top academic posts. However, until now there has been no study undertaken of the history of women in European archaeology and their contribution to the development of the discipline. Excavating Women discusses the careers of women archaeologists such as Dorothy Garrod, Hanna Rydh and Marija Gimbutas, who against all odds became famous, as well as the many lesser-known personalities who did important archaeological wor. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 320 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0415157609 9780415157605 0203981510 9780203981511 9786610158485 6610158487 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |