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The Role of Women in the History of Archaeology
Mary Leakey and her work in the 1950s, 60s and 70s in Africa really kind of being at the forefront of proving the African origins of her mesapens. Dr Natalia Bolas was one of the most decorated archaeologist in Russia as a result. But that doesn't mean that their stories are not ones also still full of having to push back against this kind of latent bias towards the men.
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