Women’s Pathways in the History of Spanish Archaeology: A New Synthesis

Abstract It is difficult to find women in the histories of archaeology, and those dealing with Spain are no exception. In last few years, ArqueólogAs project has dedicated its efforts finding who once populated Spanish archaeology now forgotten. A recent survey seeking them out revealed that more than 250 female archaeologists born before 1950 waiting be remembered. However, their position discipline’s history cannot reclaimed without critically analyzing obstacles they encountered, ultimately leaving archaeology’s general histories. Their absence should lead us reflect on how disciplinary chronicles written. Thus, this chapter reconstructs multiple biographies archaeology.