Sexual Revolutions: Gender and Labor at the Dawn of Agriculture

by Jane Peterson

Book Overview

The change from a hunting-gathering lifestyle to one dependent upon farming constitutes a truly 'revolutionary' event in the human career. Most archaeologists agree that how ancient people organized their work and family groups was crucial to the success of early attempts at farming. Yet little serious attention has been paid to the social organization of labor in the prehistoric past. This book addresses that lacuna by investigating sexual divisions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0759102562
• ISBN13: 9780759102569
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Altamira Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.2"