Ancient queens
Subtitle: archaeological explorations
By: edited by Sarah M. Nelson.
Contributors: Nelson, Sarah M., 1931-
Series: Gender and archaeology series ;; v. 5
Publisher: Altamira Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Walnut Creek, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: Women -- History -- To 500.; Women -- Biography -- To 500.; Queens -- Biography.; Sex role -- History.; Power (Social sciences) -- History -- To 500.; Civilization, Ancient.; Feminist archaeology.
Genres: Biography; Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A reigning viking-queen, or the wife of a king only? / Elisabeth Arwill-Nordbladh; title: Questioning a queen? a gender-informed evaluation of Monte Alban's tomb / Geoffrey G. and Sharisse D. McCafferty; title: Many wives, two queens in Shang China / Katheryn Linduff; title: The queens of Silla : power and connections to the spirit world / Sarah M. Nelson; title: She for whom all is said and done : the ancient Egyptian queen / Lana Troy; title: Sacred women in ancient Peru : new evidence for elite women in the 7th and 8th centuries / Melissa A. Vogel; title: Ancient queens of the Valley of Mexico / Karen Bell; title: Katuns : the Mongolian queens of the Genghis Khanite / Jeannine Davis-Kimball; title: Bundo Kanduang : a paradigm for the divine queenship.