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Dewey Decimal Number: 936 EAN: 9780520046559 Edition: Updated ISBN: 0520046552 Label: University of California Press Manufacturer: University of California Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 304 Publication Date: March 15, 1982 Publisher: University of California Press Studio: University of California Press Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Poor sweetheartsIt's fascinating how panicked some get when they "read" Marija Gimbutas. Here's just one example -- from another reviewer of this book: "...It is *nonsense*, pure and simple ... Gimbutas is trapped in the *foolish* ideology of the "great goddess", a *pathetic* ... reflex of contemporary political obsession.... leave it to Wiccans and other *ignorami*." Gimbutas' major theory is monumentally simple: During the early and middle Neolithic, most of southeastern Europe followed ... Read More Rating:  - important work in the field of archeologyIn this book, Gimbutas lays out what will become the field of archaeomythology - breaking the archaelogical taboo of reconstructing ancient culture, and expanding the boundaries of archaeology. The work is controversial and at times over-reaches itself in drawing far-reaching conclusions from existing archaeological evidence. However, this doesn't make the work any less important. Gimbutas was a pioneer in her field, and challenged the traditional concepts we have of the origins of Western civilization. ... Read More Rating:  - misinterpretative madnessWhen I first read this book, it confirmed a feeling I had then: that archaeologists should be forbidden by law to make any attempt at culture history. It is nonsense, pure and simple; a wild attempt at inventing a "matriarchalist" past for Europe that ignores even its own evidence. To give one instance of its lunacy, it argues that war only entered Gimbutas' imagined "Old European" culture with the evil patriarchalist Indo-Europeans and their steppe-bred war axes... and then goes on to tell us that wooden palisades ... Read More Rating:  - Don't expect eye appealNeolithic art is, at best, dissapointing. Facial features weren't very important in the Neolithic and the statues shown uniformly have undersized little pinheads. Many have no recognizable facial features at all. With the modern emphasis on the human face, modern viewers will find little connection to these statues. Partially what determines form is the medium. Ceramic breaks when it falls. Top heavy statues fell to their destruction quickly, and people learned to make bottom heavy statues if they wanted them ... Read More Rating: - Not so dusty archaeologyAmazing art and sculptures from neolithic Europe. Worthy of Henry Moore. I would love to know where I could get replicas of the sorrowful god / goddess sculptures. Fascinating discoveries about the origins of the ancient greek religion. A must for anyone interested in European mythology |
