Ancient Queens Archaeological Explorations
by Nelson, Sarah Milledge; Arwill-Nordbladh, Elisabeth; Bell, Karen; Davis-Kimball, Jeannine; Linduff, Katheryn; G, Geoffrey; McCafferty, Sharrise D.; Sanday, Peggy Reeves; Troy, Lana; Vogel, Melissa A.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-05-28
Publisher(s): AltaMira Press
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Summary
Shedding new light on the division of power, the essays in this volume explore the variety of roles and assumptions about queens from the Americas to Eurasia. Together they provide a global tour of archaeological and historical queens that illustrate the intersection of gender and power in archaeology.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. vii |
| Ancient Queens: An Introduction | p. 1 |
| A Reigning Queen or the Wife of a King--Only? Gender Politics in the Scandinavian Viking Age | p. 19 |
| Questioning a Queen? A Gender-Informed Evaluation of Monte Alban's Tomb 7 | p. 41 |
| Many Wives, One Queen in Shang China | p. 59 |
| The Queens of Silla: Power and Connections to the Spirit World | p. 77 |
| She for Whom All That Is Said Is Done: The Ancient Egyptian Queen | p. 93 |
| Sacred Women in Ancient Peru | p. 117 |
| Ancient Queens of the Valley of Mexico | p. 137 |
| Katuns: The Mongolian Queens of the Genghis Khanite | p. 151 |
| The Divine Queens of Minangkabau Lore | p. 175 |
| Index | p. 193 |
| About the Contributors | p. 199 |
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