Queer archaeology

Queer archaeology is an approach to archaeology that uses queer theory to challenge normative, and especially heteronormative, views of the past.^[1][2]

Queer archaeology does not attempt to look for past examples of homosexual people, of other sexual orientations or alternative gender identities in history, or to explain the origin of these concepts. What it does intend is to favor a critical point of view and escape from the normative and binary assumptions of the predominant archaeological discourse. In this last point, queer archaeology coincides with feminist archaeology. This does not only represent a look at women from the past or an introduction of this gender in the interpretations of the past, but also and above all to challenge the sexist values of archaeological interpretations.^[3][4]