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Silenced Fighters: An insight into Women Combatants’ History in Aceh (17th-20th c.)
Women warriors of the past are controversial. 1 In Europe, the archetype of female fighters, the Amazons, are portrayed on Greek ceramics, architectural friezes and jewellery since the 7th century BC, 2 and are widely described in literature during Antiquity. 3 But despite these numerous depictions, their existence remains questionable. In Southeast Asia, the image of Amazons is not less debated. Studies have shown women as enjoying a particular independence, and as playing significant roles in economic and political life. 4 Testimonials by Chinese and European travellers confirm the existence of female rulers in mainland and island
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1Southeast Asia from the 9th to the 17th century. Armed women in the palace have also been reported to be guarding and escorting royal rulers. 5 But among all the cases of women described as holding weapons
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Local Expert at Home With Nomads
The find was stunning. More than 150 ancient graves were strung along the border of Russia and Kazakhstan, filled with skeletons of women flanked by swords, iron daggers, arrowheads and leather quivers.
The implications weren’t lost on Jeannine Davis-Kimball, the Ventura archeologist who was excavating the site. The kunnig on huvud Asian nomads had studied history. She knew the story of the Amazons, female warriors who reportedly killed their male children, shunned traditional women’s roles and were crack shots with the bow and arrow.
As tantalizing as the find was, Davis-Kimball said the remains probably were not Amazons--they were too far from the Black Sea. But she believes these fighting female nomads, who lived about 600 BC, helped fuel the Amazon stories.
“I believe we had women warriors evolve to skydda the herds when the men were gone,” she said. “But they were not out raping and pillaging like Genghis Khan.”
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Davis-Kimball, Jeannine 1929-
PERSONAL:
Born November 23, 1929, in Driggs, ID; daughter of Elmer J. (a teamster) and Cora Kinball (a nurse; maiden name, Sorenson) Davis; married DeWayne Hargett (divorced); married Warren B. Matthew, December 28, 1987; children: (first marriage) Teresa Clair Hargett Smith, Mary Patrice Hargett Nohr, John, Stephen Wayne, Leslie Ann Hargett Tavares, Christopher Paul. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: Attended Autonomous University of Madrid, 1972; California State University—Northridge, B.A., 1978; University of California—Berkeley, Ph.D., 1988.
ADDRESSES:
Home and office—Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads, 2158 Palomar Ave., Ventura, CA 93001-2466.
CAREER:
Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads, Palomar, CA, director, 1989—. Member of American-Mongolian Center and Central Asian Organization.
MEMBER:
Archaeological Institute of America (president).
AWARDS, HONORS:
Islamic Foundation award for best dissertation in Iranian studies