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Ethnoarchaeology and gender: Chipewyan women as hunters
Research in economic anthropology • 16 • Published In 1995 • Pages: 39-82
By: Jarvenpa, Robert, Brumbach, Hetty Jo.
Abstract
In this essay Jaravenpa and Brumbach examine the role of gender in structuring subsistence activities among the Patuanak and Knee Lake Chipewyans of the Upper Churchill River area of Saskatchewan. Although both men's and women's activities are discussed, the primary focus of the article is on the contribution of women as hunters, trappers, and fishers to the major food reserves of the society.The archaeological analysis of the tools left behing at various sites, many of which are gender-specific and related to the food and hide processing activities of women, suggest that the role of women in the Chipewyan economy of the past was far greater than the literature would indicate.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1999
- Field Date
- early 1970s - early 1980, 1992
- Coverage Date
- late eighteenth century - 1990s
- Coverage Place
- Patuanak and Knee Lake Chipewyans, Upper Churchill River area, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Notes
- Robert Jarvenpa and Hetty Jo Brumbach
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 39-82)
- LCCN
- 79640245
- LCSH
- Chipewyan Indians