The new technique used by a team of European archaeologists opens up a new window on the past and may signal a sexual revolution for archaeology.

Thought the irony of transphobes saying when they discover trans people’s skeletons, they’ll only see us as our AGAB. Apparently figuring out a skeleton’s sex is not so cut and dry. Fascinating story regardless.

  •  liminalDeluge   ( @liminalDeluge@beehaw.org ) 
    25•1 year ago

    The whole transphobic claim of being seen as our AGAB by future archeologists is especially ridiculous considering that modern ones are already saying things like this:

    While the skeleton’s biological sex is not in dispute, Gowland cautioned that nothing is known about the Ivory Lady’s gender identity, and scholars shouldn’t impose modern gender norms onto past populations.