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. 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.
| Author: Judy Foster |
| Publisher: Spinifex Press |
| Publication Date: Sep 01, 2013 |
| Number of Pages: 424 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1876756918 |
| ISBN-13: 9781876756918 |