How do we discuss women, men and anyone outside of the gender binary with respect to the archaeological record? I saw a report today of a male skeleton found with a spindle whorl. Is this a man buried with a “feminine” grave good, or a woman or non binary person? #medievaltwitter
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We obviously have moved past (or should have) in sexing graves based on grave goods. But applying biological sex to gender is obviously not okay either, whether it’s now or then.
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Gender binaries are a construct, they do not reflect the reality of identities. And even the modern binary is not a one-to-one with past gender binaries.
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So then, a methodological problem I’ve run into is: how do I discuss these burials with respect to gender and status without falling into old and outdated methods of assigning gender? I have not seen an answer
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I suspect there are answers but with regards to what I’m looking at atm (early med Irish burial) I still see female skeleton = woman in the interpretation/discussion.
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