How I Built My House. An Ethnoarchaeological Study of Gendered Technical Practice in Tigray, Ethiopia
Author(s): Diane E Lyons
Year: 2009
Summary
In northern Ethiopia, men and women build houses together but they use different building techniques to do so. These gendered technical practices are used in other gendered tasks that are concentrated in different but overlapping spatial realms, where men and women perform daily activities. It is proposed that gendered technical practice constitutes identities and relationships by creating a gendered material world that makes sense of who makes what, where, when, and how.
Cite this Record
How I Built My House. An Ethnoarchaeological Study of Gendered Technical Practice in Tigray, Ethiopia. Diane E Lyons. Ethnoarchaeology. Journal of Archaeological, Ethnographic, and Experimental Studies. 1 (2): 137-162. 2009 ( tDAR id: 423190)
URL: http://lcoastpress.metapress.com/content/m4x0437664803066/?p=a48b3c3345654c86...
Keywords
General
construction of building
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Ethnoarchaeology
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Gender
Geographic Keywords
ETHIOPIA
Temporal Keywords
Newest Era
Spatial Coverage
min long: 32.992; min lat: 3.409 ; max long: 47.988; max lat: 14.884 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): EXARC Experimental Archaeology Collection Manager
Record Identifiers
ExArc Id(s): 9980
Notes
Rights & Attribution: The information in this record was originally compiled by Dr. Roeland Paardekooper, EXARC Director.