The second part of the book brings her knowledge to bear on what we know of the goddesses today―those who, in many places and in many forms, live on. THE LIVING GODDESSES by Marija Gimbutas & edited by Miriam Robbins Dexter RELEASE DATE: ApAnother contribution to the much-ballyhooed theory of matriarchal prehistory, by the late feminist pioneer Gimbutas (Archaeology/UCLA Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe, not reviewed). The first part of the book is an accessible, beautifully illustrated summation of all Gimbutas's earlier work on 'Old European' religion, together with her ideas on the roles of males and females in ancient matrilineal cultures. previous 1 2 next sort by previous 1 2 next Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. Editor Miriam Robbins Dexter has added introductory and concluding remarks, summaries, and annotations. Books by Marija Gimbutas (Author of The Language of the Goddess) Books by Marija Gimbutas Marija Gimbutas Average rating 4.25 1,859 ratings 120 reviews shelved 10,682 times Showing 30 distinct works. This volume, which was close to completion at the time of her death, contains the distillation of her studies, combined with new discoveries, insights, and analysis. Gimbutas flew in the face of contemporary archaeology when she reconstructed goddess-centered cultures that predated historic patriarchal cultures by many thousands of years. Marija Gimbutas wrote and taught with rare clarity in her original―and originally shocking―interpretation of prehistoric European civilization. web the living goddesses crowns a lifetime of innovative influential work by one of the twentieth century s most remarkable scholars marija gimbutas wrote.

Gimbutas flew in the face of contemporary archaeology when she. Marija Gimbutas wrote and taught with rare clarity in her originaland originally shockinginterpretation of prehistoric European civilization. The Living Goddesses crowns a lifetime of innovative, influential work by one of the twentieth-century's most remarkable scholars. The Living Goddesses crowns a lifetime of innovative, influential work by one of the twentieth-century's most remarkable scholars.

The Living Goddesses by Marija Gimbutas