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Author:   Bo Jensen ,  Uroš Matić
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Imprint:   Oxbow Books
ISBN:  

9781785706882

ISBN 10:   1785706888
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   31 July 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Uroš Matić and Bo Jensen   1. Introduction: Why do we need archaeologies of gender and violence, and why now? Bo Jensen and Uroš Matić   2.  Revisiting the myth of matriarchy”, rethinking determinism, seeing anew   Stephanie Koerner   3. The honoured and the sacrificed? Gender and violence at a sanctuary of the late 3rd millennium BC in Central Germany André Spatzier, with anthropological analyses by Marcus Stecher and Kurt W. Alt   4. The role of violence in the construction of prehistoric masculinities Lisbeth Skogstrand   5. “Her striking but cold beauty”: Gender and violence in depictions of Queen Nefertiti smiting the enemies Uroš Matić   6. Les demoiselles d’Entremont: Violence, gender and headhunting in Iron Age Europe Ian Armit   7. Violence against women in Graeco-Roman Egypt: the contribution of Demotic documents Christine Hue-Arcé   8. Death and the maiden: Late antique images of nubile females as agents and victims of lethal violence Susanne Moraw   9. Heaven for me, hell for the “others”: An agenda on sex and body from Sasanid Persia Maryam Dezhamkhooy and Leila Papoli Yazdi   10. Skull-cups and snake-pits: Men’s revenge and women’s revenge in Viking Age Scandinavia Bo Jensen   11. The weapons make the man? A re-analysis of Early Anglo-Saxon weapon burial and interpretation Laura M. Whitehouse   12. Gender and structural violence in Prehistoric Peru Julie Farnum   13. Gender and violence in archaeology: Final commentary Louise Hitchcock

Reviews

This is an important, enlightening and, in many ways, ground-breaking book on the intersection of sex and gender with violence in past societies... The introductory chapter is stellar, one of the best overviews of gender and violence that I have seen... In sum, this is a wonderfully satisfying book for those deeply embedded in gender and violence theory, as well as for newcomers to the field. --Debra L. Martin Antiquity

The effect here is a text that considers theoretical and direct inquiry to reframe how we read violence and gender in the past. The authors present a wide range of entry points in their archaeological research, including differential burial practices, interpretive gaze, ethnography, iconography, ritual analyses, traumatic lesions on the skeleton, and ancient texts. --Journal of Anthropological Research This is an important, enlightening and, in many ways, ground-breaking book on the intersection of sex and gender with violence in past societies... The introductory chapter is stellar, one of the best overviews of gender and violence that I have seen... In sum, this is a wonderfully satisfying book for those deeply embedded in gender and violence theory, as well as for newcomers to the field. --Antiquity

"""Many of the chapters approach their respective subject with both an eye to judging the ancient world as patently patriarchal yet bring little new theoretical scholarship to understanding the evidence under study.""-- ""American Journal Of Archaeology"" ""The effect here is a text that considers theoretical and direct inquiry to reframe how we read violence and gender in the past. The authors present a wide range of entry points in their archaeological research, including differential burial practices, interpretive gaze, ethnography, iconography, ritual analyses, traumatic lesions on the skeleton, and ancient texts.""-- ""Journal of Anthropological Research"" ""This is an important, enlightening and, in many ways, ground-breaking book on the intersection of sex and gender with violence in past societies... The introductory chapter is stellar, one of the best overviews of gender and violence that I have seen... In sum, this is a wonderfully satisfying book for those deeply embedded in gender and violence theory, as well as for newcomers to the field.""-- ""Antiquity"""

Author Information

Uroš Matić is a research associate of the Austrian Archaeological Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, specializing in Egyptian archaeology, especially the topics of foreign relations, settlement archaeology, violence and gender. He holds a PhD from the Institute for Egyptology and Coptic Studies of the University of Muenster (Germany) since 2017. His most recent monographs include Body and Frames of War in New Kingdom Egypt. Violent Treatment of Enemies and Prisoners (2019), Ethnic Identities in the Land of the Pharaohs. Past and Present Approaches in Egyptology (2020) and Violence and Gender in Ancient Egypt (2021).

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