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Abstract
The present article
introduces to the history, the problems and prospects of gender
archaeology, approaching the topic from the angle of the subject,
the object and the context of gender-archaeological research.
An analysis of the current state of archaeological interpretation
and theory-building in the area of Palestine/Israel reveals a
noticeable lack of gender-archaeological sensibility and reflection.
Opening up to gender-specific questions could, however, improve
the quality of the discipline at large regarding its hermeneutics,
method, and practice. The heuristic possibilities of gender-archaeology
are further exemplified by their application to the Archaeology
of Death. It is specifically in this field -where these
missing data would count most- that the archaeology of Palestine/Israel
hardly applies new approaches and methods for the collection of
data relevant to gender-specific research.
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