Joan Gero's Analysis of Stone-Tool Use Over Time at the Site

question 44

Multiple Choice

Joan Gero's analysis of stone-tool use over time at the site of Huaricoto in highland Peru argues that

• A) female status may have been connected to stone-tool production during the early period, when the site was a ceremonial center.
• B) female status may have been shifted to ceramic production during the later period, when the site had become a village settlement.
• C) male status in the early period may have been connected to ceramic production during the early period, when the site was a ceremonial center.
• D) women probably made and used stone tools during the later period, when the site had become a village settlement, but they were utilitarian flake tools.

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