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All my dreams last night contained human bones in one way or another. The last one had me playing with skull roundels, pierced for suspension (see icon). I was holding one, and seriously considering finding a lake to use it as a skipping stone (which is silly since human bone is too light to make a good skipping stone). I believe this means my dissertation has officially eaten my brain. On the good side, it is as complete and comprehensive as I can make it now. I will be reading it over one more time before I print it in the evening.
Was forced *cough* to watch Champloo 22-23 yesterday/today if I wanted to attend anime this evening to see 24-25. Was very amused. I supose I should have expected a mushroom episode from the creator of Cowboy Bebop. Twenty-three was hilariously anachronistic, though with some of the best english I've ever heard in an anime. o_O
Etruscan studies is kinda weirding me out for a very odd reason - there are tons of women in this field! Over half of my sources are female! I'm used to having one or two since archaeology is rather dominated by men, though this is very, very slowly changing (and as Etruscan arch. proves, largely depends on the area of interest), but this many sources that are female keeps making me pause. I've had to take down notes on each author's gender so I don't accidently perform a sex change in the essay...
I suspect all the women are because Etruscan society demonstrably had the most equality between men and women in the ancient world, with women being allowed at banquets, mentioned in tombs, and even talking to men as equals *gasp* (the classical writers are all very shocked on this point). It seems kinda silly to me to devote yourself to a field just because women were treated better in the past there than other parts of the world, but then, I believe that there are always exceptions to the rule and you might as well research any society looking for strong women since you will likely find them. Besides, Etruscan archaeologists still regulate the women to doing the weaving and other womanly tasks (despite some odd proofs to the contrary...).
Was forced *cough* to watch Champloo 22-23 yesterday/today if I wanted to attend anime this evening to see 24-25. Was very amused. I supose I should have expected a mushroom episode from the creator of Cowboy Bebop. Twenty-three was hilariously anachronistic, though with some of the best english I've ever heard in an anime. o_O
Etruscan studies is kinda weirding me out for a very odd reason - there are tons of women in this field! Over half of my sources are female! I'm used to having one or two since archaeology is rather dominated by men, though this is very, very slowly changing (and as Etruscan arch. proves, largely depends on the area of interest), but this many sources that are female keeps making me pause. I've had to take down notes on each author's gender so I don't accidently perform a sex change in the essay...
I suspect all the women are because Etruscan society demonstrably had the most equality between men and women in the ancient world, with women being allowed at banquets, mentioned in tombs, and even talking to men as equals *gasp* (the classical writers are all very shocked on this point). It seems kinda silly to me to devote yourself to a field just because women were treated better in the past there than other parts of the world, but then, I believe that there are always exceptions to the rule and you might as well research any society looking for strong women since you will likely find them. Besides, Etruscan archaeologists still regulate the women to doing the weaving and other womanly tasks (despite some odd proofs to the contrary...).
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