Exploring Sex and Gender in Bioarchaeology by Sabrina C. Agarwal; Julie K. WespCall Number: CC79.5 .H85 E96 2017
ISBN: 9780826352583
Publication Date: 2017-04-01
This volume brings together the latest approaches in bioarchaeology in the study of sex and gender. Archaeologists have long used skeletal remains to identify gender. Contemporary bioarchaeologists, however, have begun to challenge the theoretical and methodological basis for sex assignment from the skeleton. Simultaneously, they have started to consider the cultural construction of the gendered body and gender roles, recognizing the body as uniquely fashioned from the interaction of biological, social, and environmental factors.