Gender in Digital Archaeology in Europe and North America

This chapter assesses gender in digital archaeology theory and practice in Europe and North America. This is achieved by, firstly, presenting a discussion about who makes digital archaeology based on quantitative studies of journal authorship. The state of theorisation in digital archaeology and the challenge of androcentric biases are then discussed. This is followed by a survey of recent publications exposing the low level of engagement of digital archaeologists with the notion of “gender” in the past and the present. The chapter then discusses the feminist critique of digital archaeology and highlights current areas of concern and areas of potential.