Who is allowed to produce knowledge about the past? This course foregrounds intersectional identities (sex, gender, status, occupation, ethnicity) as structuring parts of past lives and explores the construction of identity in archaeological interpretations. Drawing on case studies from diverse locations and time periods, students consider how studies of sex, sexuality, and power can be practically applied to archaeological investigations of past societies including labor, technology and production, bioarchaeology, magic and ritual, space and landscape, and colonialism. This engendered perspective, which includes women, men, and nonbinary genders, promotes more nuanced understandings of social complexity and diversity of past communities. Prerequisite: Sophomore Standing
- Teacher: Scotti Norman