Gender and Hide Production |
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| Editor:
| Frink, Lisa
Weedman, Kathryn |
| Series title: | Gender and Archaeology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7591-0851-6 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2006 |
| Publisher: | AltaMira Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $63.00 |
Book Description:
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Hide production is one of the oldest crafts known to humans. Yet this is the first volume to critically explore the gendered nature of this universal activity amongst hunters-gatherers for its meaning in craft production, status, identity and cultural change. Using ethnoarchaeological and archaeological examples from North America and Africa, the authors provide new insights of the gendered nature of human behavior.
Hide production is one of the oldest crafts known to humans. Yet this is the first volume to critically explore the gendered nature of this universal activity amongst hunters-gatherers for its meaning in craft production, status, identity and cultural change. Using ethnoarchaeological and archaeological examples from North America and Africa, the authors provide new insights of the gendered nature of human behavior.