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Gender and Chinese Archaeology.(Book review)

Brumfiel, Elizabeth M.

Gender and Chinese Archaeology. Katheryn M. Linduff and Yan Sun, eds. Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press, 2004. 392 pp., tables, figures, index. US$39.95 paper, US$80.00 hardcover. ISBN 0759104093 (paper), 0759104085 (hardcover).

Gender and Chinese Archaeology presents an introduction and 11 original studies that draw upon already published data. The authors are professors and graduate students of art history, Asian studies, anthropology, and history at the University of Pittsburgh. Their studies cover a 3500-year span, from the Neolithic Majiayao culture of northwestern China to ...