The myth of the mother‐goddess

Fleming, Andrew

doi:10.1080/00438243.1969.9979443

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“…Even Piggott had briefly been carried away by the rush to accept that it venerated a goddess (1954: 46); after Ucko's work he felt able to attackthe whole idea (Piggott 1965: 114-15). Ucko himself pressed forward his critique at the end of the decade (Ucko 1968); he was joined by another rising scholar, Andrew Fleming, who uncoupled the chain of reasoning which had supported the notion of the Goddess at the other end, by challenging the idea that the western European megaliths could definitely be associated with such a cult (Fleming 1969). Neumann's extrapolation of the image into Jungian psychology was subsequently attacked in its own right, by feminist thinkers who pointed out, convincingly, that it actually provided a pseudo-history to justify male domination (Reuther 1975: 154-7).…”

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The Neolithic great goddess: a study in modern tradition

Hutton

1997

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Modern belief in the veneration of a single Great Goddess in the European Neolithic is often accompanied by the notion that those cultures of ‘Old Europe’ were woman-centred in society as well as religion. What is the long history which precedes these contemporary notions? What is the complex history of their political development? A chain runs from Classical times to Marija Gimbutas (Meskell 1995) and our own day.

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The Neolithic great goddess: a study in modern tradition

Hutton

1997

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“…Among the many victims of this Cartesian breakdown of the material world are the engraved stone plaques of late prehistoric Iberia. For over a century the of the Iberian plaques, as well as other European 'goddess' figurines (Fleming 1969;Lisboa 1985;Meskell 1995). Some have suggested the Iberian plaques were heraldry (Lisboa 1985;Carpenter andSchuster 1986-1988:370) or emblems of ethnicity , although these hypotheses have never been tested against a comprehensive and systematically analysed data set.…”

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Lives of Stone, Lives of People: Re-Viewing the Engraved Plaques of Late Neolithic and Copper Age Iberia

Lillios

2004

Eur. j. archaeol.

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For over a century prehistorians have approached the engraved stone plaques of the Iberian late Neolithic and Copper Age (3000-2500 BC) from a monolithic and idealist perspective, viewing the plaques as representations of the Mother Goddess. Most have not addressed the plaques' variability, their method of manufacture, the organization of their production, or their biographies. This article presents new interpretations of the Iberian plaques based on the first comprehensive on-line catalogue of the plaques -the Engraved Stone Plaque Registry and Inquiry Tool (ESPRIT) (Lillios 2004) -which holds records for over 1100 plaques, each unique, from over 200 sites in Portugal and Spain. Analyses of the plaques' raw material, style, chaîne opératoire, and distribution over space suggest that different plaque types had different functions and meanings, which shifted over time. Two plaque types: the Classic plaques and the Biomorphic Simple plaques are considered in this article. In their diverse forms, the Iberian plaques appear to have been durable records of regional and local group identities and could have contributed toward legitimating and perpetuating an ideology of inherited social difference in the Iberian late Neolithic and Copper Age.

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“…5 For the discussion and relevant publications see Korfmann, 1999:382-386. Against this interpretation Fleming, 1969. Thomas X. Schuhmacher CuPAUAM 39, 2013 Kauder, 1996:275), Hasanoglan (Renfrew, 1969:31, pl.…”

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Some Reflections About an Alabaster Stele From Mari (Syria) and Its Possible Relations to the Western Mediterranean

Schuhmacher¹

2013

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Some reflections about an Alabaster stele from Mari (Syria) and its possible relations to the Western Mediterranean. Algunas reflexiones sobre una estela de alabastro procedente de Mari (Siria) y sus posibles relaciones con el Mediterráneo Occidental. 07-10-201307-10- Aceptado: 20-10-2013 Resumen El presente artículo trata de una estela de alabastro con decoración antropomorfa descubierta en las excavaciones de (Syria). Ya que en el contexto del Bronce Antiguo del Próximo Oriente contamos con pocas piezas parecidas, subrayamos sus posibles paralelos en el Mediterráneo Occidental. Así encontramos en la Península Ibérica todos los elementos presentes en la estela de Mari. Entre los artefactos tratados destacamos en primer lugar las placas de pizarra y la cerámica simbólica con su simbología de ojos. Esto se engloba en la cuestión de las relaciones del Calcolítico de la Península Ibérica con Oriente.Palabras clave: Estela de alabastro -Mari-simbología de ojos -placas de pizarra-Península Ibérica -Contactos a través del Mediterráneo. AbstractThe present articles treats an alabaster stele with anthropomorphic decoraction discovered in the excavations of Mari (Syria) 1 . As there are only a few comparable objects in its Near Eastern Early Bronze Age context, special attention is drawn to the possible parallels in the Western Mediterranean. In fact it is on the Iberian Peninsula were all elements and symbols united on the Mari stele occur. Among the artefact groups in question we mention especially the slate slab idols and the so called Symbolkeramik, all with oculus symbolism. This implies the question of the eastern relations of Iberian Chalcolithic during the third millennium.

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The myth of the mother‐goddess

Cited by 22 publications

References 13 publications

The Neolithic great goddess: a study in modern tradition

The Neolithic great goddess: a study in modern tradition

Lives of Stone, Lives of People: Re-Viewing the Engraved Plaques of Late Neolithic and Copper Age Iberia

Some Reflections About an Alabaster Stele From Mari (Syria) and Its Possible Relations to the Western Mediterranean

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