Interpreting archaeological remains with a feminist mindset does not entail idealizing the past. A feminist approach to the study of archaeological remains actively encourages the development of new understandings of social dynamics and difference. It treats masculinity and femininity as dialogical concepts and as culturally constructed, and it challenges arguments based on biological determinism. Rather, it is an effort to engender the past that considers gender as a process and a relationship.
This does not require a singular emphasis on women.
In her article “Much More than Gender,” Ericka Englestad argues that feminism in archaeology foregrounds women as present and active agents in the past. Dagmar Hollmann / Wikimedia Commons Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
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