Marija Gimbutas

"The first authoritative work on the ancient goddess culture."Boston Globe The Goddess is the most potent and persistent feature in the archaeological records of the ancient world, a symbol of the unity of life in nature and the personification of all that was sacred and mysterious on earth. In this pioneering and provocative volume, Marija Gimbutas resurrects the world of the Goddess-worshipping, earth- centered cultures, bringing ancient matriarchal society vividly to life. She interweaves comparative mythology, early historical sources, linguistics, ethnography, and folklore to demonstrate conclusively that Goddess-worship is at the root of Western civilization. Illustrated with nearly 2,000 symbolic artifacts, Gimbutas' magnum opus is at once a "pictorial script" of the prehistoric Goddess religion and an authoritative work that takes these ancient cultures from the realm of speculation into that of documented fact. Over 500 illustrations.

Unearthing the Hidden Symbols of Western Civilization

The Language of the Goddess

Alseikaitė

Marija Alseikaitė Gimbutas

Presents evidence for the existence of an agrarian earth goddess- worshiping civilization in Old Europe that was destroyed by horse-riding, patriarchal, sky-god-worshiping warriors from the east. A panoramic survey of the Neolithic culture of Europe before the Indo-Europeans. With over 600 photographs, drawings, maps, and charts.

The World of Old Europe

The Civilization of the Goddess

Through study of sculpture, vases, and other cult objects from southeastern Europe, Gimbutas sketches the village culture that evolved there before it was overwhelmed by the patriarchal Indo-Europeans. The goddess incarnating the creative principle as Source and Giver of All, fertility images, mythical animals, and other artifacts are analyzed for their mythic and social significance in this beautifully illustrated study.

The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe, 6500-3500 BC, Myths and Cult Images

Presents evidence to support the author's woman-centered interpretation of prehistoric civilizations, considering the prehistoric goddesses, gods and religion, and discussing the living goddesses--deities which have continued to be venerated through the modern era.

The Living Goddesses

Il linguaggio della Dea

Miriam Robbins Dexter

Crowning a lifetime of innovative, influential work by one of the twentieth-century's most remarkable scholars, this book contains the distillation of Dextor's studies, combined with new discoveries. Map.

Bronze Age Cultures in Central and Eastern Europe

Shan M. M. Winn

Daniel Mitsuo Shimabuku

A rich picture of village life in the 7th and 6th millennia BC, as seen through the excavations of an important site in Greece. Especially noteworthy is the extensive corpus ofmaterials relating to domestic cult practice (figurines and vessels). Also included are specialist studies of faunal and floral remains, lithics, and radiocarbon dates.

A Neolithic Settlement in Thessaly, Greece, 6400-5600 B.C.

Achilleion

A discussion of the origins and early migrations of the Slavic peoples, in terms of social structure, religions, and culture.

The Slavs

Colin Renfrew

Ernestine S. Elster

The first of 2 volumes reporting on excavations at a middle neolithic to early bronze age site in northeast Greece. Vol. 1 presents the full sequence of culture exposed by excavation of this settlement mound, 10.5 m deep. Further studies define the environment during the 3 millennia of occupation and clarify the changing pattern of human subsistence over time. The chronological relationships for the Aegean, the Balkans, and Anatolia are examined in detail.

A Prehistoric Village in Northeast Greece

Excavations at Sitagroi

senovės lietuvių deivės ir dievai

Baltų mitologija

Ancient Symbolism in Lithuanian Folk Art

On the Origins of North Indo-EuropeansThe Indo-Europeans ? Archaeological ProblemsThe Relative Chronology of Neolithic and Chalcolithic Cultures in Eastern Europe North of the Balkan Peninsula and the Black SeaProto-Indo-European Culture ? The Kurgan Culture During the Fifth, Fourth, and Third Millenium B.C.Old Europe c. 7000-3500 B.C. ? The Earliest European Civilization Before the Infiltration of the Indo-European PeoplesThe Beginnings of the Bronze Age of Europe and the Indo-Europeans 3500-2500 B.C.An Archeaologists View of *PIE in 1975The First Wave of Eurasian Steppe Pastoralists into Copper Age EuropeThe Three Waves of the Kurgan People into Old Europe, 4500-2500 B.C.The Kurgan Wave #2 (c.3400-3200 B.C.) into Europe and the Following Transformation of CulturePrimary and Secondary Homeland of the Indo-Europeans, Comments on Gamkrelidze-Ivanov ArticlesRemarks on the Ethnogenesis of the Indo-Europeans in EuropeAccounting for a Great ChangeReview of Archaeology and Language by C. RenfrewThe Collision of Two IdeologiesThe Fall and Transformation of Old Europe.

Selected Articles from 1952 to 1993

The Kurgan Culture and the Indo-Europeanization of Europe

A noted archaeologist demonstrates the existence of prehistoric goddess-worshipping, egalitarian, nonviolent cultures whose hidden heritage is just now being restored

etnogenezė, materialinė kultūra ir mitologija

Baltai priešistoriniais laikais

M. Doni

Le dee viventi

Bronze Age cultures in Central and Eastern Europe

Recipient of the Jo Anne Stolaroff Cotsen Prize Volume 2 presents the concluding research on Sitagroi, a prehistoric settlement mound in northeastern Greece, excavated between 1968 and 1970. This volume offers a detailed report on the plant remains along with a full treatment of craft and technology: artifacts of adornment; tools of bone and flaked stone; artifacts and tools of bone and ground and polished stone (and petrology); tools of the spinner, weaver and mat maker; pottery technology; metallurgy; and special clay finds such as seals, miniatures, and utensils. This rich presentation offers unparalleled insights into the life of the prehistoric inhabitants of the area. Sitagroi now becomes one of the most comprehensively published sites from prehistoric Europe and will be indispensable for all those concerned with European prehistory.

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