Ungendering Civilization by Pyburn, K. Anne -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Ungendering Civilization Contributors Preface Introduction Rethinking Complex Society

Professor Wolf at the Door Riding the Second Wave Women as “People Without History” The Essence of Womanhood Animal Muddles Family Values: The Functional Models Postmodern Science: Resisting the Bad Questions Women with a Past The Riddle of the Rodeo Queen The Remaking of Nations Questionable States In the End References Cited

Chapter 1: Gendered States Gender and Agency in Economic Models of Great Zimbabwe

Theorizing Gender and the State Archaeology on the Zimbabwe Plateau Cattle Trade Conclusion References Cited

Introduction Physical Environment Mississippian Period at Cahokia Ethnographic Analogy Sweatlodges and Menstrual Huts in the Ethnohistorical and Archaeological Record Two-Spirits in Native North American Cultures Archaeological Interpretations of Two-Spirits Conclusion Note References Cited

Chapter 3: The “Marauding Pagan Warrior” Woman

Viking Archaeology: An Overview Life in the Viking Age No, They Were Not All Men… Whither Gender Notes References Cited

Chapter 4: Tracing Women in Early Sumer

Essentializing Ancient Mesopotamia: Identifications and the Past Imagining a Civilization Sources on Women: The Late Uruk Period The State of Research Identifying Gender Women in the Economy Domestic and Public Labor Women and State Formation Female Rulers and Rulers’ Wives Women in the Cult Conclusion Notes References Cited

The Implications of the Past for the Present: Using the Past as Justification Re-Visiting the Moche Interpreting the Past Through Participant Observation and Ethnohistorical Approaches Gender and Women’s Roles in the Moche State Conclusion References Cited

Chapter 6: The Benefits of an Archaeology of Gender for Predynastic Egypt

Introduction Egypt as a Topic of Conversation Women in Ancient Egypt The Egyptian Predynastic Period Women in the Predynastic Period Ethnographic Analyses Mortuary Studies Symbolism in Artifacts Physical Anthropology Conclusion Acknowledgements References Cited

Chapter 7: All the Harappan Men are Naked, but the Women are Wearing Jewelry

Subsistence Polity and Hierarchy Economy Ideology and the Economic Goddess: Figurines, Bangles, and Beads Paradigmatic Reflections Notes References Cited

Chapter 8: Oh My Goddess a Meditation on Minoan Civilization

Conclusion References Cited

Chapter 9: Ungendering the Maya

Exploiting the Women of Tikal: New Data for Old Models A Space–Time Continuum: The Mesoamerican “Woman” The Documents in the Case The Spoils of War Constructing a Valuable History The Ungendered Dead Arts, Crafts and Specialists In Conclusion References Cited