ABSTRACT
This volume gathers brand new essays from some of the most respected scholars of ancient history, archaeology, and physical anthropology to create an engaging overview of the lives of women in antiquity. The book is divided into ten sections, nine focusing on a particular area, and also includes almost 200 images, maps, and charts. The sections cover Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia, Cyprus, the Levant, the Aegean, Italy, and Western Europe, and include many lesser-known cultures such as the Celts, Iberia, Carthage, the Black Sea region, and Scandinavia. Women's experiences are explored, from ordinary daily life to religious ritual and practice, to motherhood, childbirth, sex, and building a career. Forensic evidence is also treated for the actual bodies of ancient women.
Women in Antiquity is edited by two experts in the field, and is an invaluable resource to students of the ancient world, gender studies, and women's roles throughout history.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |170 pages
Mesopotamia
chapter |10 pages
Being mothers or acting (like) mothers?
chapter |24 pages
Women, gender and law at the dawn of history
part |124 pages
Egypt
chapter |13 pages
Understanding the lives of Ancient Egyptian women
part |44 pages
Hittites
part |92 pages
Cyprus
chapter |12 pages
Real Bones, Real Women, Real Lives
chapter |19 pages
Women in the cities of Cyprus
part |118 pages
The Levant and Carthage
chapter |12 pages
Functions and personalities of “Syrian” priestesses in the Bronze Age
chapter |12 pages
“Will womankind now be hunting?”
chapter |12 pages
“Until I Come and Take You Away To A Land Like Your Own”
part |186 pages
The Aegean, Bronze Age and historical
chapter |12 pages
From the Caves of the Winds to Mycenae rich in gold
chapter |20 pages
‘Chrysis the Hiereia having placed a lighted torch near the garlands then fell asleep' (Thucydides Iv.133.2)
part |144 pages
Etruria and the Italian archipelago
part |82 pages
Rome
chapter |10 pages
Strained relations, gender differences, and domestic ideals
chapter |17 pages
Roman women in the urban economy
part |74 pages
At the edges
part |18 pages
Coda