Division of Labor at a Besant Hunting Camp in Eastern Montana
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9216342 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Hughes (0000-0001-6940-8213, University of Washington, corresponding author), Susan S Hughes (Department of Anthropology University of Washington Seattle, Washington 98195) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 134 |
| Pages | 25-49 |
| Publication date | 1991-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Plains Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-0447 • E-ISSN: 2052-546X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/2052546.1991.11909603 |
| OpenAlex | W768707247 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 10 |
Recent interest in gender issues in cultural anthropology has led archaeologists to explore ways to study gender in prehistoric contexts. An ethnographic model is used in this paper to interpret a genderdivision of labor at a prehistoric hunting camp in eastern Montana. The Mini-Moon site, dating at 1520 B.P., is assigned to theBesant phase in Northern Plains prehistory. The sophistication of Besant bisonkill sites and hunting technology indicate a specialized communal bison hunting economy. Plains Indian bison hunters and the Alaskan Nunamiut are used as analogues for modeling gender characteristics in the archaeological record of a Besant phase site. The model provides expectations of male and female activities at a hunting camp which are compared to Mini-Moon site feature and artifact patterning. Assuming the documented Plains Indian division of labor, the site data suggestsmale and female activities. Because ethnographic analogy is a weak methodological tool, it is argued that the particular division of labor documented among Northern Plains Indians might be adaptive to a specialized bison hunting economy in a seasonal environment
Archaeology · Artifact (error) · Division of labour · Ethnography · Ethnology · Geography · Hunter-gatherer · Political science · Prehistory · Social science · Sociology · Sophistication · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Natural History · History · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Law
The Blackfeet; raiders on the Northwestern Plains.
The Reaction against Analogy
Archaeology and the Study of Gender
Ethnology and Ethnography
Dimensional Analysis of Behavior and Site Structure
Analogy in Archaeological Interpretation
A dialogue on the meaning and use of analogy in ethnoarchaeological reasoning
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2025 (28) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |