Bisserka Gaydarska

Bisserka Gaydarska is an Honorary Fellow in Archaeology in the Department of Archaeology in Durham University, United Kingdom. Her major publications are Parts and wholes: fragmentation in prehistoric context (with John Chapman; Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2007) and Early urbanism in Europe: the case of the Trypillia mega-sites (author and main editor; Warsaw and Berlin: De Gruyter, 2020). Since 2019, she is co-chair of the Archaeology and Gender in Europe (AGE) Community of the European Association of Archaeologists.


Books by Bisserka Gaydarska

Geschlechterstereotype in der Archäologie

Eine Kurzreflexion in Bild und Text

Edited by Laura Coltofean-Arizancu, Bisserka Gaydarska & Uroš Matić | 2026

Waren Männer der Urgeschichte die einzigen Jäger und haben nur sie Werkzeuge hergestellt? Waren nur Männer Träger von Kunst und Innovationen? Waren Frauen ausschließlich Sammlerinnen, an das Haus gebunden und haben sich um Kinder und…



Gender stereotypes in archaeology

A short reflection in image and text

Edited by Laura Coltofean-Arizancu, Bisserka Gaydarska & Uroš Matić | 2021

Were men the only hunters and producers of tools, art and innovation in prehistory? Were women the only gatherers, home-bound breeders and caregivers? Are all prehistoric female depictions mother goddesses? And do women and men…









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