The elusive minority: Non-binary gender in prehistoric Europe
Friday, May 26, 2023 - 10:53
in Paleontology & Archaeology
People tend to think that the idea that biological sex is linked with one's role in society belongs in the past. But was it even the case in prehistory? Archaeologists at the University of Göttingen have investigated the representation of gender in Neolithic and Bronze Age graves (around 5500 BC to 1200 BC), in order to understand if the idea of gender in prehistoric Europe was really as "binary" as might be expected.