essay

Material remains and social relations: women's culture in agrarian households of the Iron Age

Symbiosis, symbolism, and the power of the past : Canaan, ancient Israel, and their neighbors from the Late Bronze Age through Roman Palaestina / proceedings of the Centennial Symposium, W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research and American Schools of Oriental Research, Jerusalem, May 29-31, 2000Winona Lake, Ind.Published In 2003 • Pages: 425-444

By: Meyers, Carol L..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this analysis of the archaeological record to shed light on gender roles and relations, the author identifies "gendered spaces" used exclusively by women for cooking, spinning, sewing, weaving, and other tasks, inferring that power accrued to women through their control and organization of such activities.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Woven and other interworked fabrics
Textile industries
Clothing manufacture
Division of labor by gender
Gender status
Social relationships and groups
Household
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Israelites
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Middle East
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Middle East
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Archaeologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Ian Skoggard; 2020
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
not specified
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1200–586 BC
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Israel; Palestinian territories
NotesAdditional notes
Carol Meyers
Includes bibliographical references (p. 438-444)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
2003021117
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Jews--Social life and customs--To 70 A.D.