The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe

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The long accepted view that the peoples who inhabited Southeast Europe in earliest times derived the themes underlying their art and imagery, and the basic elements of their religion, from the Near East has been increasingly invalidated. In this scientific breakthrough, which Professor Colin Renfrew described as a 'pioneer work' and which has become a classic. Professor Gimbutas substantiates her important thesis of the autochthonous development in 'Old Europe' of a systematic conception and pantheon of goddesses during the Upper Palaeolithic - a tradition that was carried into Neolithic times and beyond.
Professor Gimbutas presents us with a rich body of otherwise inaccessible illustrations of cult figures from pre-lndo-European Europe. Also included is a detailed list of the principal archaeological sites, together with a full bibliography updated forthis edition.
Marija Gimbutas is Professor of European Archaeology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Curator of... Tovább

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The long accepted view that the peoples who inhabited Southeast Europe in earliest times derived the themes underlying their art and imagery, and the basic elements of their religion, from the Near East has been increasingly invalidated. In this scientific breakthrough, which Professor Colin Renfrew described as a 'pioneer work' and which has become a classic. Professor Gimbutas substantiates her important thesis of the autochthonous development in 'Old Europe' of a systematic conception and pantheon of goddesses during the Upper Palaeolithic - a tradition that was carried into Neolithic times and beyond.
Professor Gimbutas presents us with a rich body of otherwise inaccessible illustrations of cult figures from pre-lndo-European Europe. Also included is a detailed list of the principal archaeological sites, together with a full bibliography updated forthis edition.
Marija Gimbutas is Professor of European Archaeology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Curator of Old World Archaeology at the UCLA Museum of Cultural History.
'This splendidly illustrated book brings together an archaeological documentation hardly to be found elsewhere'
Mircea Eliade, in History of Religions
'This is the first time that the fascinating figurine art of the Neolithic and Copper Ages has been treated extensively and in English. . . . Professor Gimbutas is to be congratulated on having collected such a varied and exciting body of material, which represents a truly enviable amount of research, involving a great deal of travelling, and a search of little-known publications in several languages' -Antiquity
IMew and updated edition With 252 plates, 171 line drawings and 8 maps Vissza