The goddess is the most potent and persistent feature in the archaeological records of the ancient world. In this volume the author resurrects the world of goddess-worshipping, earth-centred cultures, bringing ancient matriarchal society to life.
The Living Goddesses crowns a lifetime of innovative, influential work by one of the twentieth-century's most remarkable scholars. Marija Gimbutas wrote and taught with rare clarity in her original—and originally shocking—interpretation of prehistoric
Gimbutas's definitive work presents indisputable evidence of the Goddess-centered world which existed in pre-patriarchal Europe. Complete and panoramic, this convincing book combines scholarly research with the real-life elements of a Jean Auel novel. 600
