Research on Gender and Feminist Practice in Archaeology

Madonna L. Moss

 

Publications

Moss, Madonna L. 1999 George Catlin among the Nayas: Understanding the Practice of Labret Wearing on the Northwest Coast. Ethnohistory 46(1):31-65.

Moss, Madonna L. 1999 Engendering Archaeology in the Pacific Northwest. Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 33(2):245-262.

Moss, Madonna L. 1993 Shellfish, Gender, and Status on the Northwest Coast of North America: Reconciling Archeological, Ethnographic and Ethnohistorical Records of the Tlingit. American Anthropologist 95(3):631-652.

Moss, Madonna L. 1998 Review of Women and Human Evolution by Lori Hager. American Antiquity 63(2):349-351.

Moss, Madonna L. 1996 Gender, Social Inequality, and Cultural Complexity: Northwest Coast Women in Prehistory. Debating Complexity - Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the Archaeological Association of the Univeristy of Calgary, edited by D.A. Meyer, P.C. Dawson, and D.T. Hanna, pp. 81-88. University of Calgary Archaeological Association.

Moss, Madonna L. 1996 Incorporating New Archaeological Research on Gender into the Teaching of Native American History. Newberry Library Occasional Papers in the Curriculum Series, No. 20:131-137. D'Arcy McNickle Center for the History of the American Indian, Chicago.

Moss, Madonna L. 1992 Engendering Native America Before Columbus: An Archaeological Perspective on Women of the Northwest Coast. CSWS Review, pp. 10-13. Center for the Study of Women in Society, University of Oregon.

 

Papers Presented

2001 Visual Representations of Gender Ideologies on the Northwest Coast of North America: Insiders' and Outsiders' Views. Paper presented at the 2001 annual meeting of the American Society for Ethnohistory, Tucson, Arizona, Oct. 17-21, 2001.

1999 A Feminist Confronts the Ethnohistorical Record of Warfare and Slavery on the Northwest Coast of North America. Oregon Humanities Center Work-in-Progress Series, February 19, 1999.

1998 Social Relations on the Southern Oregon Coast: the Athapaskan Heritage. Paper presented at the Tribal Cultural Preservation Conference, May 18-20, 1998, North Bend/Coos Bay, Oregon. Hosted by the Coquille Indian Tribe and Mill Casino.

1997 Engendering Fishing on the Northwest Coast of North America. Paper presented in Archaeology Division Invited Session at the 1997 annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, November 19-23, Washington, D.C.

1997 Feminism, Science, and Post-Processualism in Archaeology. Invited presentation, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, B.C., March 5, 1997. Dean's Distinguished Speakers Series, co-sponsored by the Departments of Anthropology and Women's Studies.

1996 George Catlin among the Nayas: Understanding the Practice of Labret Wearing on the Northwest Coast. Paper presented at the 1996 American Society for Ethnohistory annual meeting, November 7-9, Portland, OR.

1996 Constructions of Gender in Northwest Coast Societies. Paper presented at the 61st annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, April 10-14, 1996, New Orleans, Louisiana.

1993 Gender, Social Inequality, and Cultural Complexity: Northwest Coast Women in Prehistory. Paper presented at the 26th annual Chacmool Conference: Debating Complexity. University of Calgary (Alberta, Canada), November 11-14, 1993.

1993 Native American Women of the Northwest Coast. Presentation on Panel: Spotlight on Research on Women in the Northwest. At the Epicenter: Women, Research & Communities, 10th Anniversary of Center for the Study of Women in Society, University of Oregon, October 15-16, 1993.

Student Research Accomplishments

I've been privileged to advise and/or serve on the committees of the following students who have conducted original research in gender and archaeology. While the list is still short, these outstanding students are making significant contributions to the field.

DeLoe, Stacy (B.A. 2002) - Just Beneath the Surface: Excavating Gender Bias from the Textbooks of Brian Fagan. Department of Anthropology's Best Undergraduate Paper of the Year Award, 2002.

Kramer, Stephenie (M.S. 2000) - Camas, Intensification, and Gender: a Case Study of the Kalapuya and their Predecessors, Willamette Valley, Oregon (Chair). Masters paper, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon. *A synopsis of this paper was winner of the 2000 Sylvia Forman Prize awarded by the Association for Feminist Anthropology.*

Marucci, Gina (M.A. 2000 - Gender/Women's Studies, University of Northern British Columbia) Lake Babine Women's Rites of Passage: an Archaeological Inquiry (external member).