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  2. Gender roles in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica - Wikipedia

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    When discussing the roles women play with domestic animals the corral is very important to the women of the household and is another area where they spend a great deal of their time. Here she spent a good part of her time, taking care of the animals…caring for the chickens, cleaning the dovecote, feeding the mule, rabbits…here in the corral ...

  3. Women in Maya society - Wikipedia

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    Women play a significant role in rituals, cooking food for consumption and sacrifice. Whether women participated in said rituals is unknown. Women also worked on all of the textiles, an essential resource, and product for Maya society. The status of women in Maya society can be inferred from their burials and textual and monumental history.

  4. Women rulers in Maya society - Wikipedia

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    During the 6th and 7th centuries in Mesoamerica, there was an evident shift in the roles women played in ancient Maya society as compared with the previous two centuries. It was during this time that there was a great deal of political complexity seen both in Maya royal houses as well as in the Maya area.

  5. Mesoamerica - Wikipedia

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    Mesoamerica and its cultural areas. Mesoamerica is a historical region and cultural area that begins in the southern part of North America and extends to the Pacific coast of Central America, thus comprising the lands of central and southern Mexico, all of Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, and parts of Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

  6. Category:Gender in Mesoamerica - Wikipedia

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    This category and its subcategories contain articles relating to gender and gender studies (concepts, identity, roles, in/equalities, depictions in art, socio-political settings, etc) in Mesoamerican cultures — particularly for the pre-Columbian era, but also extending where appropriate to the conquest/colonial-era and contemporary indigenous cultures of the region.

  7. Gender roles among the Indigenous peoples of North America

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    Traditional Apache gender roles have many of the same skills learned by both females and males. All children traditionally learn how to cook, follow tracks, skin leather, sew stitches, ride horses, and use weapons. [2] Typically, women gather vegetation such as fruits, roots, and seeds. Women often prepare the food.

  8. The fabric of our nation: A brief history of women and ... - AOL

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    Maue, however, remains hopeful about the power of textiles made by hand and women. As more women assume roles in academia and curation, their voices will be able to elevate this art form's importance.

  9. Women in Aztec civilization - Wikipedia

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    The status of Aztec women has changed throughout the history of the civilization. In the early days of the Aztecs, before they settled in Tenochtitlan, women owned property and had roughly equal legal and economic rights. As an emphasis on warfare increased, so too did ideas of male dominance. Women did not participate in warfare except as ...