“I sing of arms and of a man…”: medial epicondylosis and the sexual division of labour in prehistoric Europe

Sexual division of labour in European prehistory is usually inferred by indirect means: ethnographic analogy, pictorial representation, or from grave inclusions. The study of skeletal activity-related morphology seems the most direct means by which to interrogate the question of sexual division of labour in past societies. In this paper we present the results of an analysis of enthesopathies (i.e. lesions of the tendon attachments) of the elbow...