Overview
- Highlights the research and accomplishments of more than 50 female archaeologists women around the world
- Demonstrates women archaeologists' contributions to the advancement of the field and human understanding
- Includes the voices, concerns and experiences of those women from less privileged areas in the world
Part of the book series: Women in Engineering and Science (WES)
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Table of contents (30 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Front Matter
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The Americas
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Front Matter
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Europe
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Keywords
- Female Archaeology
- Women in Archaeology
- Gender and Feminism in Archaeology
- Feminism in Sciences
- Gender and Archaeology
- Feminist Theory in Archaeology
- Feminist Critique in Sciences
- Queer Studies in Sciences
- Feminist Critique in Archaeology
- Contemporary Female Archaeologists
- Diversity in Archaeology
- History of Women in Archaeology
- Women's Contributions to Archaeology
- Female Archaeologists in Africa
- Black Women in Archaeology
- Women in Maya Archaeology
- Women and Decolonization of Archaeology
- Female Archaeologists in Asia
- Female Archaeologists in South East Asia
- Female Archaeologists in South America
About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
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.Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Women in Archaeology
Book Subtitle: Intersectionalities in Practice Worldwide
Editors: Sandra L. López Varela
Series Title: Women in Engineering and Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27650-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-27649-1Published: 13 July 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-27652-1Due: 05 September 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-27650-7Published: 12 July 2023
Series ISSN: 2509-6427
Series E-ISSN: 2509-6435
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 617
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Archaeology, Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, Social Philosophy