ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Osteoarthritis, Rosemary Joyce, Restrictiveness
24 Oct 2016
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Can look for evidence of gender roles and gender relations to help us understand gender constructs. Not just what males did vs. what females did. Biological anthropologist theya mollison studied skeletal remains of the population. Compared injuries and deformities with ethnographic population (egypt). Stress on hips, knees, big toe distinctive signs of osteoarthritis on female specimens. Females were clearly the ones responsible for grinding the grain in this population. Rosemary joyce: studies the ancient maya, and specifically the site of cerro palenque in. Men and women had complementary gender roles (their roles were different, but equally value or important). The iconography (imagery), style, and context (where found at the site) can tell us about gender roles in the past. Two figurines on either side of the family shrine. Male figuring: bird/feather costume, helmet and conch trumpet. How people internalize and enact attitudes and expectations that are associated with their gender category. How you act or perform your gender.
