[redwoodmen] Many Rivers Books, Sebastopol: Neolithic Goddess Cultures of Old Europe and the Near East: The Archaeological Evidence
- From: Barry Spector <shmoover@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:35:46 -0800
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Goddess Cultures of Old Europe and the Near East:
The Archaeological Evidence
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Slide Presentation by Constance M. Piesinger, Ph.D. -- Thursday, March 3rd
-- Sebastopol
Traditional ideas about the pre-historic Neolithic period (7,000=AD3,500 B.C.=
)
regard it as a =B3primitive=B2 time in the development of European culture=8Ba
time =B3before civilization.=B2 But research by archaeologist Marija Gimbutas
and others indicates that a well-developed complex of populous agricultural
cultures flourished during this period in Southeastern Europe. Moreover,
these cultures exhibit similarities and connections via wide-ranging trade
networks with other Neolithic cultures in the Near East and South Asia. The
primordial deity for our Neolithic ancestors was female, centered around a
self-generating Goddess/Creatrix of life, death, and rebirth. According to
Gimbutas, this was a culture that was matrifocal and probably matrilinear,
agricultural and sedentary, egalitarian and peaceful. It contrasted sharpl=
y
with the ensuing proto-Indo-European culture, which was patriarchal,
stratified, pastoral, mobile, and war-oriented--and which was superimposed
on Europe between 4500 and 2500 B.C. in three waves of infiltration from th=
e
Russian steppe.=20
Constance Piesinger, Ph.D., has a doctorate in Anthropology from the
University of Wisconsin=ADMadison, with a specialty in Near Eastern
Archaeology. She has lived and worked in the Middle East, where she carrie=
d
out archaeological fieldwork in Iraq (ancient Mesopotamia), Iran, and Oman,
and was the first Western archaeologist=8Band the only woman=8Bto direct
archaeological excavations in Saudi Arabia. Dr. Piesinger=B9s studies of
prehistoric Neolithic archaeology have given her insights into a different
cultural paradigm that preceded Western civilization=8Bone that revered the
Earth as sacred and that honored the divine feminine and the equal
partnership of men and women. She has presented this slide lecture in 2003
at an international conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia, and in 2007 at a
Goddess Festival in Budapest, Hungary, and at the new Centre for Neoculture
in Cakovec, Croatia. Recent presentations have included Kauai and the Big
Island of Hawaii.
She has co-facilitated women=B9s spirituality and intergender relationship
groups and workshops in the U.S. and internationally. In 2005, she
co-founded the ongoing women's circle, "Goddesses Unite!" in the
Napa-Sonoma, CA area.
Date: Thursday, Mar. 3, 2011
Time: 7:30 P.M.
Location: Many Rivers Books & Tea, 130 S. Main St., Sebastopol, CA
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Traditional ideas about the pre-historic Neolithic period (7,000–3,50=
0 B.C.) regard it as a “primitive” time in the development of Eu=
ropean culture—a time “before civilization.” But res=
earch by archaeologist Marija Gimbutas and others indicates that a well-deve=
loped complex of populous agricultural cultures flourished during this perio=
d in Southeastern Europe. Moreover, these cultures exhibit similaritie=
s and connections via wide-ranging trade networks with other Neolithic cultu=
res in the Near East and South Asia. The primordial deity for our Neolithic =
ancestors was female, centered around a self-generating Goddess/Creatrix of =
life, death, and rebirth. According to Gimbutas, this was a culture that was=
matrifocal and probably matrilinear, agricultural and sedentary, egalitaria=
n and peaceful. It contrasted sharply with the ensuing proto-Indo-Euro=
pean culture, which was patriarchal, stratified, pastoral, mobile, and war-o=
riented--and which was superimposed on Europe between 4500 and 2500 B.C. in =
three waves of infiltration from the Russian steppe. <BR>
<BR>
<B>Constance Piesinger, Ph.D.,</B> has a doctorate in Anthropology fr=
om the University of Wisconsin–Madison, with a specialty in Near Easte=
rn Archaeology. She has lived and worked in the Middle East, where she=
carried out archaeological fieldwork in Iraq (ancient Mesopotamia), Iran, a=
nd Oman, and was the first Western archaeologist—and the only woman=
212;to direct archaeological excavations in Saudi Arabia. Dr. Piesinger̵=
7;s studies of prehistoric Neolithic archaeology have given her insights int=
o a different cultural paradigm that preceded Western civilization—one=
that revered the Earth as sacred and that honored the divine feminine and t=
he equal partnership of men and women. She has presented this slide lecture =
in 2003 at an international conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia, and in 2007 at=
a Goddess Festival in Budapest, Hungary, and at the new Centre for Neocultu=
re in Cakovec, Croatia. Recent presentations have included Kauai and the Big=
Island of Hawaii.<BR>
She has co-facilitated women’s spirituality and intergender relations=
hip groups and workshops in the U.S. and internationally. In 2005, she=
co-founded the ongoing women's circle, "Goddesses Unite!" in the =
Napa-Sonoma, CA area.<BR>
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<B>Date</B>: Thursday, Mar. 3, 2011<BR>
<B>Time:</B> 7:30 P.M.<BR>
<B>Location:</B> <B>Many Rivers Books & Tea</B>, 130 S. Main St., Sebas=
topol, CA<BR>
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