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DOCUMENT Citation Only Catherine Jalbert.

Research conducted over the past twenty years on gender politics in archaeology have addressed both how the past is investigated, and has examined the presence of equity issues in the archaeological workplace. It has been suggested that multiple barriers exist for women’s advancement, however, funding for archaeological research has received little attention in the literature. Although studies in the United States and Australia have highlighted the presence of funding disparities between women...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Risa Arbolino. Kit Nelson.

In the 1960s women were beginning to make major strides in the field of archaeology. It is also during this time that informal mentoring relationships began between women active in the field and young women interested in pursuing their interests in archaeology. One such example is the role of Bertha Dutton with the Girl Scouts during the early 1960s. Working out of Camp Elsa Seligman, Girl Scouts conducted survey and excavation within Sandoval County. Their field notes, archaeological field...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Julie Hoggarth. Tia Watkins. Claire Ebert. Sylvia Batty.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Numerous studies have demonstrated the most immediate impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic upon the sciences have fallen on younger women and women with young children. These studies highlight how social crises, such as global pandemics, exacerbate existing disparities in social, political, and economic structures. To date no study has yet identified its...