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A Comment on Hegmon and Trevathan's “Gender, Anatomical Knowledge, and Pottery Production”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Steven A. LeBlanc
Steven A. LeBlanc*
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Department of Anthropology, Social Science 154, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0032
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Abstract

The concern with the gender and role of Mimbres potters and painters is certainly an important one, and Hegmon and Trevathan (1996) do a good job of reviewing the various arguments about the identity of the bowl painters. Going beyond this review, they add another possible piece of evidence for the role of men in the production of Mimbres art. While I concur that the other arguments they present suggest some role for men in the painting activity, I do not believe that the particular new example they present adds any weight to this argument.

El género y papel de los ceramistas y artistas Mimbres es ciertamente un problema importante, y Hegmon y Trevathan (1996) resumen en detalle los diferentes argumentos sobre la identidad de quienes pintaron los cuencos Mimbres. Más allá de este resumen, ellas añaden otra posible evidencia acerca del papel de los hombres en la producción del arte Mimbres. Aún cuando estoy de acuerdo con algunos de los argumentos existentes sobre el papel desempeñado por los hombres en actividades decorativas, no creo que este nuevo ejemplo en particular preste validez a esos argumentos.

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American Antiquity , Volume 62 , Issue 4 , October 1997 , pp. 723 - 726
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1997

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