Pope, RE ORCID: 0000-0001-6178-3481
(2018)
Gender and society.
In:
The Oxford Handbook of the European Iron Age.
Oxford,Oxford, pp. 1049-1078.
ISBN 9780199696826
Text
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Abstract
This chapter examines the relationship between Iron Age gender and society, viewed from the mortuary evidence. It distinguishes an early Iron Age masculine west, an increasingly female-authored salt trade, and a generation of mobility (620–580 BC) ushering in new social forms. Discussing recent work on gender identities, the relationship between daggers and swords is examined. Linked, gendered lineages are identified—increasingly male-authored, and opulent, with Greek connections, in south-west Germany; alongside female authority in eastern France. Beginning in Germany, male-authored violence is attested (550–450 BC, aligning with Livy), followed by radical social change (400–350 BC), as disproportionate deposition signifies the ritual end to Hallstatt traditions; alongside development of martial, ‘egalitarian’ La Tène communities. Sex was a common, divergent, structuring principle in regional Hallstatt C–D societies. Further, a reading for gender in the texts reveals differences between western European Iron Age and late classical Mediterranean gender norms.
Item Type: | Book Section |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | gender, identity, mobility, lineage, social status, society, Greek contact, neck-ring, dagger, sword |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
Date Deposited: | 09 Jul 2018 07:44 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2023 22:30 |
DOI: | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199696826.013.4 |
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URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3023529 |