Twelve Timely Tales: On Biographies of Pioneering Women Archaeologists
Breaking Ground, edited by Cohen and Joukowsky, presents biographies of twelve female American and European archaeologists who pursued fieldwork in the Old World in the late 19th and 20th centuries. Though accurately grounded in archival sources and careful citation, readers would need
guidelines to theoretical and methodological issues to better understand the type of scholarly products that the various biographies represent. As explicit historiographic and gender discussions are avoided, focus is placed on these pioneers' individual experiences. The anthology provides
a wide-ranging but somewhat fragmented understanding of the gendered character of the archaeological discipline.
Keywords: Archaeological historiography; early female archaeologists; gendered profession; scientific biography
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 April 2008
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