%0 Journal Article %T REPRESENTACI¨®N HUMANA Y G¨¦NERO EN PIEZAS DE METAL DEL NOROESTE ARGENTINO %A Gluzman %A Geraldine %J Bolet¨ªn del Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino %D 2010 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0718-68942010000200006 %X in this work we analyze a set of late pre-hispanic bronze objects from the northwest of argentina (noa) from a gender studies lens. the representation of femalefigures in diverse objects has rarely been studied; most of the time these objects are merely described mthcmt investigating their relationship to the medium and with other representations. beginning with a reflection on the representation of women in metal objects, we explore the social implications of the differential presence of male and female images during the late pre-hispanic period in noa and propose that these reflect differentiated spheres of gender that are nonetheless interdependent and complementary. %K gender archaeology %K metals %K northwestern argentina %K late pre-hispanic period. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-68942010000200006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en