Each week on To the Point we share a few articles from the world of archaeology (and its many interconnected fields).
Giving Overdue Credit to Early Archaeologists’ Wives
daily.jstor.org | March 12, 2021
Explore the stories of a few of the remarkable women who assisted their husbands in their archaeological work in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Did you know Agatha Christie was married to an archaeologist and helped with his research?
Contentious Hypothesis Posits Humans Brains Grew Larger as We Hunted Smaller Prey
sciencealert.com | March 12, 2021
Just as humans have evolved over time, our understanding of that process has also evolved. We look for our story in an incomplete data set and every new discovery has the potential to change what we know.
Women were successful big-game hunters, challenging beliefs about ancient gender roles
theconversation.com| March 10, 2021
There is a common presumption that men were the hunters and women were gatherers in ancient times. Evidence suggests that there was no hard line in either direction.
