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Re: Women in Zooarchaeology

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Vivian Scheinsohn <[log in to unmask]>

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Vivian Scheinsohn <[log in to unmask]>

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Fri, 7 Mar 2014 11:34:28 -0300

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I could add a couple of names more ( actually, can not avoid it) as Marylene 
Patou and Danielle Stordeur in bone technology but I guess Jacquie intended 
a more regional analysis.
In that sense, let me offer a view from the South America Southern Cone to 
which the rest of my colleagues could add or discuss.  On thing you have to 
take into account is the "origin" of zooarchaeologists. I mean, 
zooarchaeologist could be biologists or archaeologists. This change in terms 
of the different academic traditions in the different countries. This 
discipline of "origin" affect gender issues. In my country, Argentina, most 
zooarchaeolgists are archaeologists first.  With two other colleagues we 
have published a paper on gender in Argentinean archaeology (Bellelli, 
Scheinsohn and Berón 1994 in the volume edited by Wylie, Nelson and Nelson, 
if someone want it, just ask). So that's our departure picture. But I have 
to add that Zooarchaeology was the prime mover for processualism in 
Argentina. In that sense it reflected a rebellion against the culture 
history views and also a debated field of power in the 80's when 
processualism enter in Argentina. So, the same that we sustained in that 
paper, happened in zooarchaeolgy: the male bias was notorious on the first 
generation of zooarchaeologists (if it happens that you have a goatee, the 
better) although it was hidden behind a supposedly not-biased archaeology. 
Only in my generation (the second or third? If you wonder, women that got 
their PhD in the 90's -not tell anybody age!) you can find "surviving" 
female zooarchaeologist (as Dolores Elkin, Isabel Cruz, Mariana Mondini, 
Mariana de Nigris etc.). For women, Lithic studies, was the "natural" choice 
before my generation (if you wonder why you can read our paper!). So 
zooarchaeologists women are a very "recent" phenomenon.
I hope this can help
Best

Dra Vivian Scheinsohn
INAPL-CONICET/ UBA
3 de Febrero 1370
(1426 ) Capital Federal
Buenos Aires
Argentina
TE/Fax 54 11 4784 3371
E-mail:[log in to unmask]

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From: "Jacqui Mulville" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2014 6:11 AM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] Women in Zooarchaeology

> Regarding Teri/Terry,
>
> One of my favourite ICAZ moments was a brief discussion with french 
> colleagues who insisted I could not be myself as my name was that of a 
> man!
>
> Regarding Role Models....
>
> I now have plenty of examples of female 'role models' in zooarch.  If you 
> want to add more please do so off list, I am grateful to those who 
> highlighted researchers outside the UK.
>
> I also welcome more (off-list?) comments on the topic of women in 
> zooarchaeology if anyone wishes to discuss this further.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Dr Jacqui Mulville
> [log in to unmask]
>
> Reader in Bioarchaeology,
> Cardiff Osteoarchaeology Research Group
>
> Guerilla Archaeology
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites 
> <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Terry O'Connor 
> <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: 06 March 2014 22:05
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] Women in Zooarchaeology
>
> A few US colleagues have mistaken me for a woman named Teri, but
> Naomi' s mail was in jest, not error. As for Sonia, her artefact
> research is edging over into zooarchaeology, and it would be good to
> think that she will inspire a few more conservators to come and enjoy
> bones.
> Terry  (XY)
>
> Christian Küchelmann <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
> You meant Sonia O'Connor, right Naomi?
>
> Besides all the ones mentioned already, may I add Elisabeth Schmid,
> Anna Behrensmayer, Pat Shipman and Diane Gifford-Gonzalez who where
> all very important for my diploma-thesis. Later there were (and still
> are) Cornelia Becker, Heide Hüster-Plogmann, Barbara Stopp, Sabine
> Deschler-Erb in Berlin an Basel. Wietske Prummel and now Canan
> Cakirlar in Groningen, Eva David and Isabelle Sidera in Paris. Angela
> has already been mentioned. And what about our new ICAZ Vice president
> Sarah Whitcher Kansa, or Angela Trentacoste editing the newsletter,
> Christine Lefevre being the secretary, Alice Choyke being liason of
> the WBRG, Kat Szabo, Daniella Bar-Yosef and Zhanna Antipushina
> managing the Malacology Working Group (a teamwork between 3 continents
> by the way) and there are still many active female colleagues missing
> in the list.
>
> To second Jill, I for long had the impression that the percentage of
> female researchers is higher than in other fields like archaeology or
> biology although I never had statistical data for this like Jim
> presented. And while this is probably impossible to prove my
> subjective impression always was that the friendly, constructive and
> cooperative atmosphere that is prevailing in ZooArch and in
> archaeozoological conferences for decades now might have to do a bit
> with this fact. Or is it just the individuals acting and hasn't got to
> anything with gender like Jill suggested? However, there is a lot less
> "wicked wind blowing on the upper deck" (to quote Bob Dylan) compared
> to archaeology or biology (and I know what I am talking about...). May
> it like it be I am very glad about this.
>
> A good night to all of you.
>
> Christian
>
> --
> Am 06.03.2014 um 22:00 schrieb Naomi Sykes:
>
>> As we are now just listing the names of women in zooarchaeology...
>>
>> I've never met her, but I've always appreciated the work of Teri 
>> O'Connor...She's clearly a genius!
>>
>>
>>
>> Dr Naomi Sykes
>> Senior Lecturer in Archaeology
>> Department of Archaeology
>> University of Nottingham
>> NG7 2RD
>>
>> www.fallow-deer-project.net   @DeerProject
>> http://www.chickenco-op.net  @Chicken_project
>> www.learninginthepast.wordpress.com  @Nottsuniyurt
>>
>> MA/MSc by research in Archaeology at Nottingham - 
>> http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/pgstudy/courses/archaeology/taught-courses.aspx
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites 
>> [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Deb Bennett 
>> [[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: 06 March 2014 19:36
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] Women in Zooarchaeology
>>
>> For me, coming into zooarchaeology from vertebrate paleontology, I have 
>> to
>> say that you-all, especially our British colleagues, have been much more
>> fortunate to have women early in the field from whom we, a younger
>> generation, could take inspiration. By contrast there were very few women
>> in vert. paleo. prior to about 1960, Tilly Edinger being the one
>> outstanding exception. But though I know her works, she was before my
>> time.
>>
>> My first vert. paleo teacher was the venerable Claude W. Hibbard, an old
>> man who had grown up on a ranch in Meade County, Kansas, during the
>> Depression. He was real tough in the field and, I assure you, real gruff
>> in the office. He did not believe that women should be in college at all,
>> because, in his view, they were all going to get married, and therefore 
>> to
>> teach women would be a waste of time for himself and other faculty. In
>> particular he did not believe in taking women into the field. However,
>> because he worked at the University of Michigan he was compelled to take
>> at least a few, and those few whom he would take he hand-picked as
>> appearing to be the roughest and the toughest -- women whom he figured
>> were too unattractive to have a chance at marrying, and therefore worth
>> his time.
>>
>> Happily there were younger faculty in the Museum at Michigan in my day,
>> one of whom was Gerald R. Smith, who became my teacher and mentor. Later,
>> at Univ. Kansas, I had the privilege of studying under Curt Teichert, 
>> then
>> President of the Paleontological Society; Wake Dort, author of many books
>> and papers on the Pleistocene history of the American mid-continent; and
>> Robert S. Hoffmann, President of the Mammal Society and an
>> internationally-recognized zoogeographer. When in 1982 the Society of
>> Vertebrate Paleontology awarded me the Romer Prize, given for outstanding
>> student work, I got many kind letters from members of the judges' panel
>> and other senior members, encouraging me, as my teachers had, to join the
>> field. My mentor at Equus Magazine for whom I have been a Consulting
>> Editor since 1984 was Matthew Mackay-Smith, DVM. Every one of these
>> individuals was a man, and yet they were forward-seeing and welcoming to 
>> a
>> young woman at the beginning of her professional career. There were
>> others, of course, besides old Hibbie, bless his soul, who were not; but
>> they shall go unnamed here. Cheers -- Dr. Deb
>>
>>> I agree Dorothea Bate - inspirational re. first woman to work as a 
>>> scholar
>>> in Natural History Museum London (and much fieldwork), and - although it
>>> obviously wasn't called zooarchaeology at the time - addressed questions
>>> of climate change, fauna and humans...
>>>
>>> Plus Caroline Grigson and Juliet Clutton-Brock have been, and still are,
>>> personal inspirations.
>>>
>>>
>>> Louise
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites
>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jacqui Mulville
>>> Sent: 06 March 2014 12:39
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: [ZOOARCH] Women in Zooarchaeology
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am off to a conference to speak on women in archaeology and so I have
>>> been reflecting on my career path and that of other women in
>>> zooarchaeology.  I would welcome suggestions from  the community of
>>> ZOOARCH women as to their role models, and any reflections as to whether
>>> zooarchaeology is different to tradtional archaeology in terms of the
>>> gender balance.
>>>
>>> At present I am looking at this from my own British perspective, where
>>> women such as Barbara Noddle, Caroline Grigson,  Juliet Clutton-Brock,
>>> Jenny Coy, Jennifer Bourdillion and Dale Serjeantson all provided me 
>>> with
>>> zooarchaeological role models.
>>>
>>> So who inspired you? And is zooarchaeology a good place to pursue a 
>>> career
>>> as a woman?  Please reply on or off list.
>>>
>>> (Also feel free to have a similar conversation about other groups within
>>> our discipline)
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>>
>>> Dr Jacqui
>>> Mulville<http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/share/contactsandpeople/academicstaff/K-O/mulville-jacqui-dr-overview_new.html>
>>> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>>> 0044 29208 74427
>>>
>>> Reader in Bioarchaeology,
>>> Cardiff Osteoarchaeology Research
>>> Group<http://www.cf.ac.uk/share/research/archaeology/osteoarchaeology/>
>>>
>>> Guerilla Archaeology<http://guerillaarchaeology.wordpress.com/>
>>>
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>>> University of Nottingham.
>>
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