Identity and Subsistence ─ Gender Strategies for Archaeology

This collection of articles describes how, according to the physical evidence of the past, the concept of gender has worked alongside race, class, the formation of the self, and the development of individuals and therefore societies. Contributors cover the influence perceptions of gender have on the development of the person, the role of sexuality in archeology, the changing definition of "masculinity" and its influence in archeology, the evidence for nonbinary genders in Native North American societies, gender and human evolution, archeological methods and perspectives that illuminate gender dynamics in hunter-gatherer societies and in early farming societies, and the search for the truth about how women have really fared within pastoralism. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Sarah Milledge Nelson is John Evans Professor of Archaeology at the University of Denver in the anthropology department and director of Asian studies.