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Sauro-Sarmatian nomadic women: new gender identities
journal of Indo-European studies • 25 (3 & 4) • Published In 1997 • Pages: 327-343
By: Davis-Kimball, Jeannine.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Davis-Kimball discusses the findings from the Pokrovka Cemeteries in light of the status of women. Her findings indicate that some women had unique statuses and that Sauromatian women may have controlled the majority of the wealth in this time period. Male and female statuses are defined, but only female statuses are explored. The three main female statuses are listed as femininity and the hearth, priestesses, and warriors. One conclusion that can be made based on the burial data is that Sauromatian women did not have strict gender roles as we define them. Davis-Kimball also briefly discusses the nomadic lifestyle of modern Mongols and Kazakhs and points out their lifestyle is used to extrapolate the lifestyle of the early nomads.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ornament
- Metallurgy
- Weapons
- Gender status
- Military organization
- Burial practices and funerals
- Priesthood
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Nomad
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1992-1995
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2600 BP-2100 BP(6th through 2nd centuries B.C.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Sauromatians and Sarmatians; Pokrovka Cemeteries; Kazakstan and Russia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jeannine Davis-Kimball
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-343)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 73642748
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Asia, Central--Antiquities