The 'romanization' of gender archaeology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2130972 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marie Louise Stig Sorensen (0000-0003-1752-2086, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 27-31 |
| Publication date | 2006-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeological Dialogues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1380-2038 • E-ISSN: 1478-2294 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1380203806241850 |
| OpenAlex | W2136892546 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Allison's paper shows how the complex world of real-life social relations, dependencies and needs may be extracted from the small finds and the mundane domestic aspects of life associated with a site - even when that site is a Roman fort. In her approach Allison does not presume that society in its totality is mirrored in these finds; rather her apparently modest, but in fact potentially significant, point is that concrete aspects of how people organised their relationships, and especially the spatial aspects of these relationships, are revealed by such finds. In this emphasis Allison makes important contributions to two core areas of concern: one is the character of domestic life within Roman forts during the 1st and 2nd centuries A.D., and the other, more theoretical concern, is how we make interpretative links between objects and social roles and identities. These two areas of concern are not, however, given equal standing in her arguments. The reflection upon the interpretative project of engendering is largely nested within the discussion of how one may find evidence of women and children within the Roman fort. This omission is probably due to the limited space, but it brings up important points about how we reach interpretation
Acknowledgement · Character (mathematics · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Point (geometry · Settlement (finance · Social relation · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Anthropology · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.36 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2024 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |