This form allows a wide exchange of information and needs little organisational structures. Meanwhile about 200 women and institutions are members of our Network. Four Conferences have taken place in Kiel, T bingen and Stralsund. The newsletter is sent quarterly to all members. The list of members allows specific contacts between the women.
Gender is an important category within each group, culture, social class and period of time.
For understanding and describing prehistoric cultures properly one needs to examine all possible gender roles within each group. Moreover, the majority of scholars project, consciously or unconsciously, the gender roles and stereotypes from today onto the past. This is dramatically demonstrated in archaeological illustrations and exhibitions. To portray women and men of past societies both as individuals and within their respective groups. The members themselves design the Network's quarterly newsletter by means of submitting to the editors self-written articles and information about exhibitions, articles, book reviews, jokes, etc.