Gender Violence in the American Southwest (AD 1100-1300): Mothers, Sisters, Wives, Slaves

The book uses osteobiography and individual-level analyses of burials to explore the roles of Ancestral Pueblo women in the past, considering their gender, age, and status and the consequences of social violence on their health. It combines social theories about gender and violence with burial data and other sources to provide a more accurate and nuanced picture of life in the past.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 160 pages
Publication date: 27 May 2024
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This volume employs osteobiography and individual-level analyses of burials from the La Plata River Valley (New Mexico) to showcase the diverse roles of Ancestral Pueblo women in the past (circa AD 1100–1300). The authors meticulously reconstruct the experiences of women throughout their lives, taking into account the gendered forms of violence they endured and the impact of social violence on their health. By combining social theories about gender and violence with burial data and various other sources, such as archaeological reconstructions of homes and communities, ethnohistoric resources on Pueblo society, and contemporary voices of Pueblo women, the authors provide a more accurate, nuanced, and complex portrayal of life in the past for mothers, sisters, wives, and captives.

Weight: 226g
Dimension: 137 x 216 x 14 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367642273