Ungendering Civilization examines early state societies for evidence of the long-assumed male dominance/ female subordination that has characterized archaeological study, research and scholarship since our ancestors first started speculating about the lives and societies of prehistoric man. The authors have each taken a distinct body of archaeological data, including Predynastic Egypt, Minoa and Maya, in order to determine what the available data may or may not really show about past societies. The fascinating result of this research leads the authors to believe that the cross-cultural parallels found in the status and treatment of women are more the result of history than of human nature or human biology.