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Author Adovasio, J. M.

Title The invisible sex : uncovering the true roles of women in prehistory / J.M. Adovasio, Olga Soffer & Jake Page.

Publication Info. New York : Smithsonian Books : Collins, 2007.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  305.42 AD77    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  305.42 ADO    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  305.4209 ADOVASIO    DUE 03-28-17 Billed
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  305.4209 ADO    Check Shelf
Edition First Smithsonian books edition.
Description xv, 302 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-290) and index.
Contents Authors' preface -- Introduction -- The stories we have been told -- Origins -- The importance of being upright -- Who brought home the bacon? -- Gray matter and language -- The road to Thoroughly Modern Millie -- Leaving the African cradle -- Almost altogether truly modern humans -- The fashioning of women -- Peopling the world -- Cakes, fish, and matrilineality -- Seamstresses of the far North -- Settling down in America -- The agricultural evolution -- Conclusion : Not invisible after all.
Subject Women, Prehistoric.
Sex role -- History.
Sexual division of labor -- History.
Feminist archaeology.
Added Author Soffer, Olga.
Page, Jake.
ISBN 0061170917
9780061170911
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