Two decades of women in prehistory and in archaeology in Norway. A review

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Abstract
Women's archaeology in Norway started in the 1970s, firmly within the boundaries of the ‘new’ archaeology. Since then, we have moved from a concern about sources and the visibility of women towards a theoretical, feminist(?) approach in the 1980s. Insights gained are reviewed on the background of Iron Age research which is where most of the empirical work has been done so far. Now a basis has been established for including the study of gender in all chronological periods and most approaches to prehistoric culture. This is made possible also by the increasing number of women holding influential positions in the archaeological establishment. In the 1990s women will have to take the opportunity — and responsibility— of deciding what is important to learn about the past.