Bickle, Penny orcid.org/0000-0003-2482-0268, Masclans, Alba, Tvrdy, Zdenek et al. (2 more authors) (2021) Exploring sexual division of labour at “Nitra Horné Krškany” cemetery using stone tool use-wear analysis, physical activity markers, diet and mobility as proxies. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 109 (2021). ISSN 1866-9557
Abstract
This paper aims to explore gender diversity and sexual division of labour at the beginning of farming through the study of one of the earliest Linearbandkeramik cemeteries in central Europe: Nitra (Slovakia). This topic is addressed by bringing out the nuance of the buried individuals’ lifeways and taskways. Use-wear studies have been undertaken on both ground and flaked stone instruments deposited as grave goods, thus generating new data about the activities performed using these tools. The relationships between the artefact function and the buried individuals’ sex, age and health condition have been addressed together with the isotopic and physical activity information related to the inhumated diet and mobility. Our results suggest a schema in which biological sex played a key role in task, lifeways and grave goods differentiation. These differences, however, presented significant overlaps, suggesting that biological sex was not all encompassing and that internal variations within sexes were indeed present, reflecting a complex tapestry of gender and, possibly, status relationships.
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Archaeology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 15 Jul 2021 14:20 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 17:27 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-021-01318-z |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s12520-021-01318-z |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:176231 |