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Warrior Women: An Archaeologist's Search for History's Hidden Heroines Book

Was Herodotus's account of the Amazons fact or fiction? Archaeologist Jeannine Davis-Kimball, in Warrior Women, an account of her digs at burial sites of Eurasian nomads, finds it an embellishment of the former. But, she posits, women's place in that world was generally more exalted than previously thought. Nearly one-quarter of the women buried in some late Iron Age sites were either warriors or priestesses. Even the remainder, "hearth women," were important players in the tribes' surprisingly egalitarian societies. Further, southern Kazakhstan's famous "gold man" was in fact, a "gold woman." Davis-Kimball also finds solid evidence of "high status" women in graves as far east as China and as far west as Ireland. Warrior Women is, thankfully, free of lazy sensationalism. But it is frustratingly organized, with little regard to either chronology or geography. Further, Davis-Kimball never places her finds in any sort of context, be it popular or scholarly. --H. O'BillovitchRead More

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  • Product Description

    WARRIOR WOMEN weaves science, mythology, and mystical cultures into a bold new historical tapestry of female heroines and leaders who have been left out of the history books...until now. From China to Celtic lands, warriors, priestesses, and matriarchs come to life in this accessible and dramatic account of one archaeolgist's search for the truth. Davis-Kimball, a real-life Indiana Jones, recounts her exciting and dangerous career uncovering the real story behind Amazons, banshees, and mummies, an entire ancient class of courageous women who played vital and respected roles in their societies. What emerges is a thrilling and exotic adventure that stretches from Europe to Asia and a provocative re-examination of gender roles for the 21st century.

  • 0446679836
  • 9780446679831
  • Jeannine Davis-Kimball, Mona Behan
  • 15 June 2004
  • Little, Brown & Company
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 288
  • New edition
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