5,000-year-old 'Ivory Lady' upends what's known about sex and gender in prehistoric societies
5,000-year-old 'Ivory Lady' upends what's known about sex and gender in prehistoric societies
The new technique used by a team of European archaeologists opens up a new window on the past and may signal a sexual revolution for archaeology.
Thought the irony of transphobes saying when they discover trans people’s skeletons, they’ll only see us as our AGAB. Apparently figuring out a skeleton’s sex is not so cut and dry. Fascinating story regardless.
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Turns out that not all societies are (and were) as patriarchal as the modern ones imposed upon us by capitalism and colonialism are, too.
The field of "archaeology" seems to be better about illuminating such facts than the field of "history" is. But that could be anecdotal based on my exposure to archaeologists, historians, and their material.