| Description |
xi, 529 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Preface: What is civilization? -- The beginnings and spread of agriculture -- The neolithic cultures of Southeastern and Central Europe -- The climax of European civilization: East-Central Europe, 5500-3500 B.C. -- The neolithic cultures of Northern Europe -- Neolithic cultures of the Adriatic and Central Mediterranean -- The neolithic of Western Europe -- The religion of the goddess -- The sacred script -- Social structure -- The end of Old Europe: the intrusion of Steppe Pastoralists from South Russia and the transformation of Europe |
| Summary |
Presents evidence for the existence of an agrarian earth goddess- worshipping civilization in Old Europe that was destroyed by horse-riding, patriarchal, sky-god-worshipping 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 |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p503-511. - Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 503-511) and index |
| Subject |
Goddesses -- Europe.
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Goddesses, Prehistoric -- Europe.
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Neolithic period -- Europe.
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Religion, Prehistoric -- Europe.
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| SUBJECT |
Europe -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045632
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| Author |
Marler, Joan, 1947-
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| LC no. |
90055792 |
| ISBN |
0062503375 (paperback) |
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0062503685 (alk. paper) |
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