Women in Archaeology: Intersectionalities in Practice Worldwide

ISBN-13: 9783031276491 / Angielski

Sandra L. L?pez Varela

Opis

This book tells the story of women in archaeology worldwide and their dedication to advancing knowledge and human understanding. In their own voices, they present themselves as archaeologists working in academia or the private and public sector across 33 countries. The chapters in this volume reconstruct the history of archaeology while honoring those female scholars and their pivotal research who are no longer with us.Many scholars in this volume fiercely explore non-traditional research areas in archaeology. The chapters bear witness to their valuable and unique contributions to reconstructing the past through innovative theoretical and methodological approaches. In doing so, they share the inherent difficulties of practicing archaeology, not only because they, too, are mothers, sisters, and wives but also because of the context in which they are writing. This volume may interest researchers in archaeology, history of science, gender studies, and feminist theory. Chapter 11 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Spis treści

Part I. Introduction

Chapter 1. Women practicing Archaeology (Sandra L. López Varela)

Part II. The Americas

Chapter 2. US Women in Cultural Resource Management: Stories of Courage, Ingenuity, Perseverance, and Intellect (Teresita Majewski)

Chapter 3. Women in the Emergence of Archaeology of Mexico and Central America (Rosemary Joyce)

Chapter 4. Digging in Our Grandmother’s Gardens: Black Women Archaeologists in the United States from the 1930s to the Present (Ayana O. Flewellen)

Chapter 5. The History of Teotihuacan through the Eyes of Women Scholars (Linda R. Manzanilla)

Chapter 6. Las Mexicanas and their Clay Griddles: Lessons from Ethnoarchaeology for the fight against Poverty (Sandra L. López Varela)

Chapter 7. Las Invisibles: The Unrecognized Contributions of Women to Ecuadorian Archaeology (María Auxiliadora Cordero)

Chapter 8. Myriam N. Tarragó, a Woman at the Crossroads of Argentinian Archaeology (Geraldine A. Gluzman)

Chapter 9. Indigenous Archaeologies and the (Re)Action of Women Archaeologists: an Overview of the Brazilian Archaeology Context (Fabíola Andréa Silva)

Part III. Europe

Chapter 10. Prehistoric archaeology in Spain from a feminist perspective: Thirty years of reflection and debate (Margarita Sánchez Romero)

Chapter 11. Women’s Pathways in the History of Spanish Archaeology: a new synthesis (Margarita Díaz-Andreu)

Chapter 12. The professionalization of female prehistorians in France in the Twentieth Century (Sophie Archambault de Beaune and Nathalie Richard)

Chapter 13. Female and Male Archaeologists in Italy from the Unification (1871) to Contemporary Times (Francesca Fulminante)

Chapter 14. Women's Contributions to Archaeology in Germany since the Nineteenth Century (Doris Gutsmiedl-Schümann et al)

Chapter 15. Women as Actors and Objects: the Discovery of ‘Venus’ Figurines in present-day Austria (Katharina Rebay-Salisbury)

Chapter 16. A safe space for women archaeologists? The impact of K.A.N. on Norwegian Archaeology (Lisbeth Skogstrand)

Chapter 17. Moving Big Slabs: Lili Kaelas and Märta Strömberg - Two Swedish Pioneers in European Megalith Research (Tove Hjørungdal)

Chapter 18. Women in the Archaeology of the Trans-Urals (Russian Federation) (Natalia Berseneva and Sofya Panteleeva)

Chapter 19. No Pay, Low Pay, and Unequal Pay: the TrowelBlazers Perspective on the History of Women in Archaeology (Brenna Hasset et al)

Part IV. Middle East

Chapter 20. The story of Nawala Ahmed Al-Mutawalli, a Woman Archaeologist from Iraq (Nawala Ahmed Mahmoud al-Mutawalli and Sandra L. López Varela)

Part V. Africa

Chapter 21. Women and the Foundation of Egyptian Archaeology (Caroline Arbuckle Macleod)

Chapter 22. Female Archaeologists in West Africa: the case of Senegal (Khady Niang)

Chapter 23. Tanzanian women in archaeology (Kathryn Ranhorn and Mariam Bundala)

Chapter 24. Women politics and Archaeology in Sudan (Intisar Soghayroun Elzein)

Part VI. Asia

Chapter 25. Women in Southeast Asian Archaeology: Discoveries, Accomplishments, and Challenges (Miriam Stark and Rasmi Shoocongdej)

Chapter 26. Swimming against the tide: the journey of a Bengali archaeologist (Bishnupriya Basak)

Chapter 27. Women in Japanese Archaeology (Naoko Matsumoto)

Chapter 28. Female Scholars and their Contributions to Chinese Archaeology (Anke Hein et al)

Part VII. Australia

Chapter 29. Women in Australian archaeology: challenges and achievements (Claire Smith et al)

O autorze

Prof. Dr. Sandra L. López Varela (Ph.D. in Archaeology, University of London, 1996) is full-time Professor at the Department of Development and Intercultural Heritage Management of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and a Registered Professional Archaeologist (RPA 15480).

López Varela was Secretary of the Archaeology Division of the AAA and section editor of Anthropology News (2018-2020). After serving as President and Vice President of the Society for Archaeological Sciences (SAS 2009-2011) and as President of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Alumni Club-Mexico Division (2008-2010, she was elected to the Executive Board of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), holding the Archaeology Seat (2012-2014). In between 2015 and 2017, she served as Treasurer of the Mexican Society of Anthropology (SMA). Since 2019, López Varela serves as Brain City of Berlin Ambassador.

Prof. López Varela’s earlier research, focusing on the study of Maya ceramics and ethnoarchaeological investigations of pottery production technologies, led her to adopt a critical and analytical stance toward economic and development growth policies to combat poverty in Mexico. Results from her investigations received the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel-Forschungspreis Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in 2012.

Since 2015, she is the principal investigator of the research project Alternative Mexico, an innovative heritage project aiming to promote the preservation of Mexico City’s heritage and its metropolitan area, in collaboration with the public, by using a free mobile application (App) for iOS and Android devices, a website, and social media.

Dr. López Varela is general editor of the Encyclopedia of Archaeological Sciences published by Wiley Blackwell in 2018. Her research has been published by major international publishers, and by top ranking university presses. She has participated in more than 150 international conferences. Dr. López Varela has taught more than 80 undergraduate, master and doctoral courses at national and international institutions.