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Frances Dahlberg is the editor of Woman the Gatherer, a collection published by Yale University Press in 1981. Its essays use evidence about chimpanzees, contemporary hunter-gatherers, and prehistoric groups to examine human evolution and the roles and activities of women. The volume is associated with efforts to correct accounts of human origins that treated male activities as the primary evolutionary model, and it is used by readers studying anthropology, gender, and human prehistory.
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Who edited Woman the Gatherer?
Frances Dahlberg edited Woman the Gatherer. Yale University Press published the collection in 1981.
What subjects does Woman the Gatherer examine?
The essays examine human evolution and women's roles through evidence about chimpanzees, contemporary hunter-gatherers, and prehistoric groups. It uses anthropology and related evidence to question simple assumptions about gender and subsistence.
Is Woman the Gatherer a book about one archaeological site?
No. It is a multi-author edited collection that compares evidence across primatology, anthropology, and prehistory. Its focus is the broader question of gathering, gender, and human evolution.
Why is Frances Dahlberg associated with anthropology?
Her key association is editorial rather than authorship of a single fieldwork monograph in this context. Woman the Gatherer brought together arguments about chimpanzees, hunter-gatherers, and prehistoric communities in a 1981 Yale University Press volume.
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