Women’s Pathways in the History of Spanish Archaeology: A New Synthesis

Abstract

AbstractIt is difficult to find women in the histories of archaeology, and those dealing with Spain are no exception. In the last few years, the ArqueólogAs project has dedicated its efforts to finding the women who once populated Spanish archaeology and are now forgotten. A recent survey seeking them out revealed that more than 250 female archaeologists born before 1950 are waiting to be remembered. However, their position in the discipline’s history cannot be reclaimed without critically analyzing the obstacles they encountered, ultimately leaving them out of archaeology’s general histories. Their absence should lead us to reflect on how disciplinary chronicles are written. Thus, this chapter reconstructs the multiple histories and biographies of women in Spanish archaeology.