![]() ![]() As Bruhns and Stothert show, again and again, evidences ranging both Americas, evidences to the contrary, exist in abundance. So pervasive have been these cultural blinders that evidences to the contrary have been overlooked, ignored or misinterpreted. Warfare and the hunt being honored male occupations, so too must they have been in the past. ![]() Their elites, economic, social, political and religious, being predominately male, so too must have been those of ancient cultures. Writing from the perspective of male-dominated societies and disciplines, researchers have had a tendency to retroject themselves, their experiences and values, into the past. The problems addressed stem from the sexism of traditional scholarship, much of it short-sighted and inadvertent. ![]() Authors Bruhns and Stothert, feminist anthropologists affiliated with San Francisco State University and the University of Texas, San Antonio, respectively, have as their aim the “repopulation” of antiquity by a reexamination of case studies for evidences of female roles in ancient America. Although focused on North and South American examples, 'Women in Ancient America' has relevance to old world studies, particularly as regards prehistoric periods. ![]()
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