FSEM 190   Women and Gender in Prehistory

Faculty Profile for Professor De Lucia

Takes a feminist perspective to the study of gender and identity in prehistoric societies and ancient civilizations. Students are provided an overview of how material remains are used for understanding social identities in the past. By looking at the variation of gender roles and relations throughout history and cross-culturally, students are able to deconstruct many modern-day assumptions about gender and gender roles in the present. Students examine archaeological resources for gendering the past (burials, art, artifacts) and explore gender in a range of prehistoric cultural contexts. Case studies derive from the earliest human origins, ancient complex civilizations, and recent colonial America. This course is designed for students with little or no background in archaeology or anthropology. Students who successfully complete this seminar earn credit for ANTH 228 and satisfy the social relations, institutions, and agents areas of inquiry requirement or the confronting collective challenges liberal arts practice requirement.

Kristin De Lucia is an Associate Professor of Anthropology. She is an archaeologist specializing in the rise and decline of the Aztec Empire in Mexico and the early colonial period. She is particularly interested in studying the daily lives of commoners, the development of inequality, and gender in prehistory.