archaeology and the study of gender was a groundbreaking paper in archaeology and marks the beginning of serious consideration of gender in archaeological scholarship Conkey and Spector note that the literature is ‘permeated with assumptions, assertions, and purported statement of “fact” about gender
Although gender was not considered a topic of analysis. While there were a few publications that preceded Conkey and Spector , this article is probably the earliest attempt by archaeologists, one of whom specializes in prehistoric hunter-gatherers, to think serious about gender in archaeologically known groups.