Reader in Gender Archaeology presents nineteen current, controversial and highly influential articles which confront and illuminate issues of gender in prehistory.

The "Reader in Gender Archaeology" presents nineteen current, controversial and highly influential articles which confront and illuminate issues of gender in prehistory. The articles here, which draw on evidence from a wide range of geographic areas, explore the subject of gender difference and its construction as a natural or cultural one. The contributors demonstrate how archaeological investigation can benefit from an awareness of issues of gender and show how the long-term nature of archaeological research can also inform the gender debate across the disciplines.