Papers by Margaret Conkey
Sophie A. de Beaune. Lampes et godets au Paleolithique. [XXIIIe supplément à Gallia Préhistoire]. Paris: Editions du CNRS, 1987. 278 pages, 93 figures, 81 tables, 61 plates. ISBN 9-782222-038504 paperback FF 320
Antiquity, Jun 1, 1989
... It presents all the evidence of stonework in the Thames basin from the later ... seek insight... more ... It presents all the evidence of stonework in the Thames basin from the later ... seek insights into the broader and cultural aspects of Palaeolithic technologies, into Palaeolithic lifeways, or ...Paleolithic lamps and their speciali-zation: a hypothesis, Current Anthropology 28 (4): 569-77 ...
3 One Thing Leads to Another: Gendering Research in Archaeology
Stanford University Press eBooks, Mar 7, 2008
Engendering Archaeology: Women and Pre-History
American Journal of Archaeology, Oct 1, 1992
Copyright© Basil Blackwell Ltd 1991 First published 1991 Reprinted 1992 Blackwell Publishers 108 ... more Copyright© Basil Blackwell Ltd 1991 First published 1991 Reprinted 1992 Blackwell Publishers 108 Cowley Road, Oxford, OX4 1JF, UK Three Cambridge Center Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the ...
A Compelling Intersectionality: Paleoethnobotany, Social Theory, and Feminist Commitments
Springer eBooks, 2017
The term “intersectionality” was coined (Crenshaw 1991) and subsequently developed and used to ch... more The term “intersectionality” was coined (Crenshaw 1991) and subsequently developed and used to characterize approaches that explored the interconnections between systems of oppression. In the context of paleoethnobotany, intersectionality raises the issue of how our own subsets of issues and perspectives intersect. Christine Hastorf and other researchers remind us that we do not just “apply” theory nor just “do” methods—there is a creative and interpenetrating relationship that can yield genuinely original insights. In particular, a feminist perspective should not just allow for, and positively enhance, the likelihood that our investigations will “complicate” our all-too-often essentialized grand narratives. Here I discuss what a more fully developed intersectional social/feminist paleoethnobotany can be from a recent generation of researchers who are looking over their field and its potentials. The overarching goals are to make a deeper and often more complex and nuanced sense of people and plants, a better sense of the on-the-ground human activities, and meaning-making that mobilize culture and precipitate the events to which archaeologists have some access. In the end, some might say that the presence of a seed (and its identification) in an archaeological context alone will “speak” to us, but when in dialogue with a revelatory theoretical framework, that seed will actually shout.
Epilogue When Does the “Heart” Take Over? Some Reflections on Archaeologies of the Heart
Springer eBooks, 2020
In this Epilogue to the volume, I consider what a heart-centered approach brings to an archaeolog... more In this Epilogue to the volume, I consider what a heart-centered approach brings to an archaeology of the 21st century by drawing on “lessons from others”; that is, from three different mostly outside-of -archaeology sources who have considered in their own ways how we can be more heart-centered: one calls for more STEMpathy in our increasing technology-centered world. Another reminds us that, in history (as in archaeology) we have a great responsibility in remembering the past for the dead. And lastly, in keeping with the motivation for this entire volume, I remind our readers to consider deeply the contributions and ideas associated with both Indigenous and feminist archaeologies. I applaud this endeavor to take on more affective and open research practices.
Interpretative Frameworks and the Study of the Rock Arts
This chapter explores issues regarding the interpretation of rock art. The chapter considers what... more This chapter explores issues regarding the interpretation of rock art. The chapter considers what interpretation is about, how we define and identify it, and what various ways rock art researchers have engaged with interpretation. Here we mention how they have drawn on concepts of style, structuralism, or shamanism as well as on formal and/or informed methods. There is consideration of the uses of analogy and the direct historical method. Overall, the chapter is framed within the question of what constitutes an ‘authorized’ interpretation and how might we evaluate various interpretations for their validity and insights.
Archaeology and the Study of Gender. In: Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory
Beyond Art and Between the Caves
TWO. Original Narratives
University of California Press eBooks, Dec 31, 1991
Thinking strings
Wits University Press eBooks, Aug 26, 2018
L'art de la Préhistoire
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2017
International audienceMore than fifty years after the publication of Prehistory of Western Art by... more International audienceMore than fifty years after the publication of Prehistory of Western Art by André Leroi-Gourhan, the first volume of their famous collection "Art and Great Civilizations", Citadelles & Mazenod Editions is ambitiously updating, on a global scale, all the knowledge on one of the most exciting creative times of humanity. Written by a team of international researchers, the book offers a panorama of the arts from Prehistory from Europe to Australia, through Asia, Africa and the Americas. Research on the most recently studied sites is presented, such as the Pecos River region in the United States and Narwala Gabarnmang in Australia.With more than 600 illustrations, this vast synthesis presents humanity's first masterpieces and, using new technologies (dating, characterization of pictorial materials, 3D modeling...), provides keys to understanding the sources, the materiality and the meaning of artistic creation
Archaeology and the goddess
Expanding the Archaeological Imagination - Death by Theory: A Tale of Mystery and Archaeological Theory. Adrian Praetzellis. 2001. AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek, CA. 160 pp. $57.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-7425-0358-5; 174 pp. $17.95 (paper), ISBN 0-7425- 0359-3. - Spirit Bird Journey. Sarah Milledge Nelso...
American Antiquity, 2002
These three novels are part of what appears to be a growing and most welcome genre of fiction abo... more These three novels are part of what appears to be a growing and most welcome genre of fiction about archaeology by archaeologists. While some of us have long used fictional accounts of prehistory (e.g., Thomas 1987) in our courses, and eagerly read them to perhaps stimulate or prompt our own imaginations, these three novels are written by practicing archaeologists who each bring a unique and informed perspective to the stories they tell. Given the prevailing (usually unengaging and jargon-laden) discourse of professional archaeological writing, it is not surprising that few of us have developed as gifted storytellers, even about our own areas and topics of research. Many colleagues, furthermore, object to the very notion that what we are doing (or ought to be doing) as archaeologists is "telling a good story" (but see Pluciennik 1999; Terrell 1990). I, for one, admire those who can generate an anthropologically and archaeologically rich tale (e.g., Eco 1983; Russell 1996), because these remind me of how much we have to say about fundamental human issues, if only we could just "let go" from time to time.
Building a Life Space on the Ridge
More Than Shelter from the Storm
Archaeology and the goddess: Exploring the contours of feminist archaeology
Feminisms in the Academy, 1995
Chapter 8 Archaeology and the Goddess: Exploring the Contours of Feminist Archaeology Margaret W.... more Chapter 8 Archaeology and the Goddess: Exploring the Contours of Feminist Archaeology Margaret W. Conkey and Ruth E. Tringham INTRODUCTION Explicit inquiries into gender and feminist-inspired research have come late to anthropological archaeology, although they ...
Anthropology News, 2007
D I A L O G U E stage in which some biological anthropologists are actively engaged in using femi... more D I A L O G U E stage in which some biological anthropologists are actively engaged in using feminist perspectives to challenge traditional theories and models. With the growing number of women entering biological anthropology, the influence of feminist scholarship and pedagogy is coming of age.
Séjours pérennes entre les grottes: une archéologie de répartition et du paysage dans la région Midi-Pyrénées (France)
Préhistoire, art et sociétés: bulletin de …, 2008
Información del artículo Séjours pérennes entre les grottes: une archéologie de répartition et du... more Información del artículo Séjours pérennes entre les grottes: une archéologie de répartition et du paysage dans la région Midi-Pyrénées (France).
L'art de la Préhistoire
Citadelles et Mazenod, 2017
More than fifty years after the publication of Prehistory of Western Art by Andre Leroi-Gourhan, ... more More than fifty years after the publication of Prehistory of Western Art by Andre Leroi-Gourhan, the first volume of their famous collection "Art and Great Civilizations", Citadelles & Mazenod Editions is ambitiously updating, on a global scale, all the knowledge on one of the most exciting creative times of humanity. Written by a team of international researchers, the book offers a panorama of the arts from Prehistory from Europe to Australia, through Asia, Africa and the Americas. Research on the most recently studied sites is presented, such as the Pecos River region in the United States and Narwala Gabarnmang in Australia. With more than 600 illustrations, this vast synthesis presents humanity 's first masterpieces and, using new technologies (dating, characterization of pictorial materials, 3D modeling...), provides keys to understanding the sources, the materiality and the meaning of artistic creation.
L'art de la Préhistoire
More than fifty years after the publication of Prehistory of Western Art by Andre Leroi-Gourhan, ... more More than fifty years after the publication of Prehistory of Western Art by Andre Leroi-Gourhan, the first volume of their famous collection "Art and Great Civilizations", Citadelles & Mazenod Editions is ambitiously updating, on a global scale, all the knowledge on one of the most exciting creative times of humanity. Written by a team of international researchers, the book offers a panorama of the arts from Prehistory from Europe to Australia, through Asia, Africa and the Americas. Research on the most recently studied sites is presented, such as the Pecos River region in the United States and Narwala Gabarnmang in Australia. With more than 600 illustrations, this vast synthesis presents humanity's first masterpieces and, using new technologies (dating, characterization of pictorial materials, 3D modeling...), provides keys to understanding the sources, the materiality and the meaning of artistic creation.
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