Why always male bodies? 2.0

Abstract

Gender studies and underwater archaeology is a theme still rarely explored together. In this paper, I aim at reanalyzing the data presented in the paper “Why Always Male Bodies?”, written by Marina Fontolan in 2013. In it, I discuss theoretical aspects of gender studies, the context in the history of archaeology, and the non-neutrality of image building. Then, I recover the data presented in the mentioned paper and reanalyze the data. The paper concludes that underwater archaeology, as in the case of other science fields, excluded both women and people who identify with other gender identities from being represented in their books and manuals.