Women, Fertility, and North American Archaeology

Women, Fertility, and North American Archaeology brings together more than three decades of Cheryl Claassen’s groundbreaking work on gender and archaeology. Featuring articles originally published between 1989 and 2023, the volume makes available the full scope of Claassen’s work related to Archaic and Woodland–era women in the Southeastern United States, women working as archaeologists, and the development of a gendered archaeological inquiry.

Organized in two parts, the collection begins w...