Jeannine Davis-Kimball with Mona Behan. 2002. Warrior Women: An Archaeologist's Search for History's Hidden Heroines. Warner Books, New York, New York.
Jeannine Davis-Kimball is the founder and executive director of the Centre for the Study of Eurasian Nomads and the American-Eurasian Research Institute at the University of California, Berkeley. Her archaeological investigations into Sarmatian and Sauromatian burial mounds (called kurgans) in the former Soviet Union republic of Kazakhstan led her to investigate the role of women in Iron Age societies. This book is a direct outgrowth of her research.
While primarily focused on the archaeological evidence for women acting as warriors and priestesses during eastern European Iron Age, the book is a fusion of archaeology and ethnography, mythology, and history, in a compelling report of Davis-Kimball's search for similar themes for women in Greece, Turkey, Ireland and China. Ultimately, the book is a story of the glimmers of women's hidden history, including more than a bit of autobiography, as Davis-Kimball travels around the world, looking at mummies, talking to researchers, and suffering the agonies of fieldwork.
While primarily focused on the archaeological evidence for women acting as warriors and priestesses during eastern European Iron Age, the book is a fusion of archaeology and ethnography, mythology, and history, in a compelling report of Davis-Kimball's search for similar themes for women in Greece, Turkey, Ireland and China. Ultimately, the book is a story of the glimmers of women's hidden history, including more than a bit of autobiography, as Davis-Kimball travels around the world, looking at mummies, talking to researchers, and suffering the agonies of fieldwork.
Written for the general public, this book contains numerous sidebars for further information on the various cultures and time periods for the enthusiast or the professional alike.
Want a second opinion? N.S. Gill of the Ancient History page at About also reviewed Warrior Women
Want a second opinion? N.S. Gill of the Ancient History page at About also reviewed Warrior Women
