The Archaeology of Gender: Separating the Spheres in Urban America

Historical archaeologists often become so involved in their potsherd patterns they seldom have time or energy left to address the broader processes responsi­ ble for the material culture patterns they recognize. Some ofus haveurged our colleagues to use the historical record as a springboard from which to launch hypotheses with which to better understand the behavioral and cultural processes responsible for the archaeological record. Toooften, this urging has resulted in reports designed li...