{"product_id":"the-invisible-sex-uncovering-the-true-roles-of-women-in-prehistory","title":"The Invisible Sex: Uncovering the True Roles of Women in Prehistory","description":"\u003cp\u003eShaped by cartoons and museum dioramas  our vision of Paleolithic times tends to feature fur-clad male hunters fearlessly attacking mammoths while timid women hover fearfully behind a boulder. In fact  recent research has shown that this vision bears little relation to reality. The field of archaeology has changed dramatically in the past two decades  as women have challenged their male colleagues exclusive focus on hard artifacts such as spear points rather than tougher to find evidence of womens work. J. M. Adovasio and Olga Soffer are two of the worlds leading experts on perishable artifacts such as basketry  cordage  and weaving. In The Invisible Sex  the authors present an exciting new look at prehistory  arguing that women invented all kinds of critical materials  including the clothing necessary for life in colder climates  the ropes used to make rafts that enabled long-distance travel by water  and nets used for communal hunting. Even more important  women played a central role in the development of language and social lifein short  in our becoming human. In this eye-opening book  a new story about women in prehistory emerges with provocative implications for our assumptions about gender today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964752982069,"sku":"ByrdShop_0061170917","price":34.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780061170911.jpg?v=1770478216","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-invisible-sex-uncovering-the-true-roles-of-women-in-prehistory","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}