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Prehistory

1991

The Civilization of the Goddess: The World of Old Europe

history

feminism

religion

non-fiction

Marija Gimbutas - 1991

Preminent archaeoligist Marija Gimbutas's definitive volume — an authorative, fully illustrated masterwork that documents the existence of a triving, neolithic goddess-centered culture in prepatriarchal Europe.Complete and panoramic, this convincing book presents a classic illumination of neolithic culture; this text provides a picture of a complex world, offering evidence of the matrilineal roots of civilization.

600 illustrations.

Origins of the Sacred: The Ecstasies of Love and War

Dudley Young - 1991

By tracing the origins of man's identity through evolutionary biology, mythology, and literature, this groundbreaking work attempts to reinterpret the course of human evolution and illustrate where Western civilization went wrong.

Line drawings.

Woman of the Mists

Lynn Sholes - 1991

Long before the arrival of Columbus to the new world, a magnificent and brave people flourished in a verdant tropical land.

Their culture, steeped in spiritual life and tradition, provided them sacred wisdom and strength that survived generations.In this land of abundance, a young a woman, Teeka, surrendered her heart to the shaman’s son, Auro. But when a raiding rival tribe invaded their peaceful village and she was stolen away by their leader, her life changed forever.

Engendering Archaeology: Women and Prehistory

Joan M. Gero - 1991

This pathbreaking book brings gender issues to archaeology for the first time, in an explicit and theoretically informed way.