The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future"In prehistorical times, Eisler argues, women and men lived together in egalitarian communities devoted to nurturance; with the imposition of male domination, female values gave way to creeds of hierarchy, aggression, power, obedience. Eisler, a futurist, posits a new society based on the recovery of more humane values."--From Library journal (6/1/85). |
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... Neolithic Art One of the most striking things about Neolithic art is what it does not depict . For what a people do not depict in their art can tell us as much about them as what they do . In sharp contrast to later art , a theme ...
... Neolithic Art One of the most striking things about Neolithic art is what it does not depict . For what a people do not depict in their art can tell us as much about them as what they do . In sharp contrast to later art , a theme ...
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... Neolithic forebears " lin- gered in the substratum which nourished further European cultural developments , " enormously enriching the European psyche.1 16 Indeed , if we look closely at the art of the Neolithic , it is truly ...
... Neolithic forebears " lin- gered in the substratum which nourished further European cultural developments , " enormously enriching the European psyche.1 16 Indeed , if we look closely at the art of the Neolithic , it is truly ...
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... Neolithic I Early Neolithic 5000 Early Neolithic II Middle Neolithic 4000 Middle Neolithic 3000 Late Neolithic Late Neolithic 2600 Pre - Palace Phase I Early Minoan I 2400 Pre - Palace Phase II Early Minoan II 2200 Pre - Palace Phase ...
... Neolithic I Early Neolithic 5000 Early Neolithic II Middle Neolithic 4000 Middle Neolithic 3000 Late Neolithic Late Neolithic 2600 Pre - Palace Phase I Early Minoan I 2400 Pre - Palace Phase II Early Minoan II 2200 Pre - Palace Phase ...
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