Women in Antiquity by Nelson Sarah Milledge

Author:Nelson, Sarah Milledge.
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780759113909
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Published: 2013-07-12T00:00:00+00:00

Work on the location of women’s activities at the farming hamlet of Ceren, El Salvador, by Tracy Sweely (1999a) argues for some separation of activities by function that may in turn have led to members of the same gender interacting frequently as when women gathered to grind corn. Distribution of spinning and weaving tools and materials between houses at the site also suggests that some households may have been specializing in the production of certain kinds of thread or cloth (Beaudry-Corbett and McCafferty 2002). Both studies, however, show no patterns of spatial exclusion or restriction by gender. Research on another Maya farming community, Chan Noohol in Belize, confirms the lack of restriction or exclusion by gender. Based on artifact and ecofact associations and soil chemistry analysis, Cynthia Robin (2002a, 2002b) has identified open-air work areas near houses and agricultural areas:

People who were making tools and people who were preparing food were doing these activities in the same space, regardless of whether or not they were the same or different people or whether they were working there simultaneously or sequentially. . .. People who were involved in agriculture were able to see, talk, or call to people who were preparing food and making stone tools. (Robin 2002a:29)

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