Retractos da arqueologia portuguesa na imprensa: (in)visibilidades no feminino

Abstract

In this paper, we address the visibility of women in Portuguese archaeology and how that image is perceived by the society, through the lens of the digital written press of the last ten years. Considering sources found in archeology news as a representation of the distribution of women in different areas of archaeological activity, and their respective positions, we’ve noticed a surprising disparity found in male and female sources, especially at a time when we have reached gender parity in active archeology professionals. This female invisibility contributes to the maintenance of gender prejudices and limits the examples that we pass on to the new generations.

Women Archaeologists’ Contributions to Uncovering the Pre- and Proto-Historical Occupation of Northern Portugal

“…Some of them are even from the year 2020. However, in general, these are quantitative studies based on the number of publications by female archaeologists [1] and on mentions and interviews in newspapers [3] on the direction of archaeological excavations or other types of research projects [1,4].…”