A study of 125 skeletons from two Neolithic cemeteries in Hungary has revealed that men and women had clear gender roles — but sometimes those roles were fluid.

A study of 125 skeletons from two Neolithic cemeteries in Hungary has revealed that men and women had clear gender roles — but sometimes those roles were fluid.

  • CombatWombat@feddit.onlineOPEnglish
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    6 days ago

    This was particularly interesting:

    One older adult female burial was particularly unusual. Hers was the only female skeleton the researchers found buried with polished stone tools, and her toes revealed a kneeling activity pattern more like that of the males in the cemetery. According to the researchers, this burial suggests that “females may have assumed roles traditionally associated with males” in the society and that gender roles “were fluid and shaped by multiple intersecting factors.”