The modern human story did not begin 5,500 years ago with the first recorded history!Ĭontrary to popular belief, the discovery of agriculture 10,000 years ago did not change the communal, innovative and peaceful lifestyle of early societies. This is a largely hidden story of human societies before the advent of what is known as ‘civilisation’. While tool-making commenced with the first hominids, Homo habilis, as far as is known at present the first symbol-making by Homo erectus did not occur until after 1 million BP. There are a number of landmarks indicating the emergence and development of human consciousness through the Palaeolithic era and Neolithic periods which lasted from before 2.8 million BP until after 6,000 BP. Vulvas and Double Triangle Figurines A TIMELINE OF HUMAN PREHISTORY Mesoamerica and South America: Female Figurines North America: Designs and Sculptural Forms Torres Strait and Aotearoa/New Zealand: Female Imagery Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea: Female Imagery Proto-Indo-European Sculptures, Pottery, and Rock Engravings Hedgehog Goddess and Other Animal Imagery Irish Passage Tombs: Knowth and Newgrange Old European Figurines and Spiral DesignsĬhauvet Cave Paintings and Old European Figurines Prehistoric Design Motifs which Led to Writing The Hidden and New Worlds: Prehistories, the Female Principle and Indo-European Influences Indo-European Philosophies: Their Development and Effects The First Indo-Europeans: The Beginning of ‘Civilisation’ and Written History The Indo-Europeans: ‘Civilisation’ and History Begin Hunter-Gathering, the First Horticulture and Agriculture Northern Hemisphere: The Prehistoric Goddess Figurines of Old Europe Tangible Evidence: Prehistoric Art, The Visual Image, Sign and Symbol Intangible Evidence: The Role of Language, Oral Transmission and Myth The Prehistoric Female Principle: The Goddess of Old Europe Includes bibliographical references and index Invisible women of prehistory: three million years of peace, six thousand years of war / Judy Foster, Marlene Derlet Wikimedia Commons (December 2007) ‘Tlatilco culture female figurines’. Wikimedia Commons (September 2008) ‘Venus of Laussel’. Kabel, Matthias (14 January 2007) ‘Venus of Willendorf’, Wikimedia Commons. ![]() For information contact the Copyright Agency Limited.Įditors: Maree Hawken and Susan Hawthorne Where copies of part or whole of the book are made under part VB of the Copyright Act, the law requires that prescribed procedures be followed. Information in this book may be reproduced in whole or part for study or training purposes, subject to acknowledgement of the source and providing no commercial usage or sale of material occurs. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of the book. North Melbourne, Victoria © Judy Foster and Marlene Derlet, 2013Īll rights reserved. ![]() THREE MILLION YEARS OF PEACE, SIX THOUSAND YEARS OF WAR JUDY FOSTER Born in Switzerland, Marlene is a linguist with a background in anthropology and sociology. She co-authored, with poet Kristin Henry, Talking Up a Storm (1993). Marlene Derlet taught at the Monash Centre for Indigenous Studies from 1989 to 1993. She has three daughters and lives in Melbourne. After studying at Monash University, a chance encounter with the book The Language of the Goddess by Marija Gimbutas in 1993 inspired her to begin researching the origin and meanings of visual symbolism. The book challenges the idea accepted in academia that history is a linear development in which society is steadily moving out of a violent and patriarchal past to a more equitable and peaceful future, and it reexamines both the archaeological work of Marjia Gimbutas and recent research into the prehistories of Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Australia and Oceania.", "item_description" : "Based on many years of research into ancient history and prehistory, this insightful tome argues that three million years of peace-a period when women's status in society was much higher than it is now-preceded the last 6,000 years of war during which men have come to hold power over women. "item_title" : "Invisible Women of Prehistory",
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