Rewriting the Past to Save the Future: A Review of "The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future"

Rewriting the Past to Save the Future: A Review of "The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future"

The revival of a prehistoric religion of the "mother-goddess" has been championed as the solution to many modem ills. The archaeological evidence for the existence of such a goddess is examined and found wanting. It is suggested that this revival is predicated on ideas about the nature of...

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Main Author: Grindell, Beth
Language:en_US
Published: University of Arizona, Department of Anthropology 1993
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/112041
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spelling ndltd-arizona.edu-oai-arizona.openrepository.com-10150-1120412015-10-23T04:24:53Z Rewriting the Past to Save the Future: A Review of "The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future" Grindell, Beth The revival of a prehistoric religion of the "mother-goddess" has been championed as the solution to many modem ills. The archaeological evidence for the existence of such a goddess is examined and found wanting. It is suggested that this revival is predicated on ideas about the nature of women that differ little from 1 9th-century ideals that saw women as purer and nobler than men. The role of archaeological interpretations of data in promulgating such ideas is discussed. 1993 Article Arizona Anthropologist 10:119-130. © 1993 Association of Student Anthropologists Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 1062-1601 http://hdl.handle.net/10150/112041 Arizona Anthropologist en_US University of Arizona, Department of Anthropology
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