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- Title
Gender and Mortuary Ritual at Ancient Teotihuacan, Mexico: a Study of Intrasocietal Diversity.
- Authors
Clayton, Sarah C.
- Abstract
Archaeologists increasingly recognize a need to revise the scales at which we investigate identities such as gender, class and faction in ancient complex societies. In this article I present research on the expression of gender roles and ideologies in the performance of mortuary ritual in four distinctive residential areas of Classic Teotihuacan, including the urban compounds of La Ventilla 3, Tlajinga 33 and Tlailotlacan 6 and the hinterland settlement of Axotlan. Results indicate that gender was constructed and experienced differently across Teotihuacan society. This research demonstrates that multiscalar, comparative approaches to social identity make possible a fuller understanding of the significance of social heterogeneity in structuring early states.
- Subjects
SAN Juan Teotihuacan (Mexico); MEXICO; GENDER role; ANCIENT funeral rites &; ceremonies; HETEROGENEITY; LAND settlement; GROUP identity; PREHISTORIC peoples; RESIDENTIAL areas; TEOTIHUACAN Site (San Juan Teotihuacan, Mexico)
- Publication
Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 2011, Vol 21, Issue 1, p31
- ISSN
0959-7743
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0959774311000023