Hey Girl, I See You: Identifying Women Within Household Assemblages

Author(s): Cori Rich

Year: 2017

Summary

I was inspired by the work of Dr. Elizabeth Scott and her ability to shed light onto underrepresented, often invisible, groups of people. This paper looks into the shadows of our past in an attempt to better understand women of different ethnicities and classes. Using ceramic assemblages and women’s activity related materials, I examine how class and ethnicity can impact women’s visibility within the archaeological record. Analysis of this data shows distinct differences between women’s activities and visibility when comparing those of the upper class with those of the middle, and lower classes. However, parallels are seen in the assemblages of both the middle and lower classes.  Don’t worry ladies, we see you.

Cite this Record

Hey Girl, I See You: Identifying Women Within Household Assemblages. Cori Rich. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Fort Worth, TX. 2017 ( tDAR id: 435354)

Keywords

Temporal Keywords
18th Century

Spatial Coverage

min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

Record Identifiers

PaperId(s): 297