| Edition |
1st University of Oklahoma Press ed. |
| Description |
192 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Oklahoma series in classical culture |
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Oklahoma series in classical culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-187) and index. |
| Contents |
The search for prehistoric woman. Anthropological evidence. The behavior of other animals and primates. Archaeological evidence. -The earliest communities. The role of women in human evolution. Women in modern and Paleolithic foraging societies. Matriarchy, patriarchy, or equality. Mother goddesses or Venus figurines? -The first farmers. The discovery of agriculture. The expansion of agricultural communities. -The Bronze Age. Was Minoan Crete a matriarchy? Burials, grave goods and wealth in north-west Europe. A trade in women? Rock art in the Alps and Scandinavia. -The Celtic Iron Age. Domestic organisation in Iron Age Britain. Decoration on Hallstatt pottery and bronze vessels. -Literary sources. Prophets and priestesses. Descent and marriage patterns. Women in war. Tribal chiefs and commanders in battle. |
| Subject |
Women, Prehistoric.
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Women, Prehistoric -- Europe.
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Europe -- Antiquities.
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Antiquities. (OCoLC)fst00810745
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Women, Prehistoric. (OCoLC)fst01179090
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Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
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Frau.
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Vor- und Frühgeschichte.
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Women, Prehistoric.
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Women, Prehistoric. -- Europe.
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Europe -- Antiquities.
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| Indexed Term |
Europe Antiquities |
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Women, Prehistoric |
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Women, Prehistoric Europe |
| ISBN |
0806122234 |
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9780806122236 |
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0806122374 |
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9780806122373 |
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0714113883 |
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9780714113883 |
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