Post by jadedsage on Nov 4, 2004 16:23:17 GMT -5
Gimbutas reveals search evidence of ancient life in 6,500 B.C.
By Leanne Petersen, News Assistant
November 02, 2004
EWU Women’s Studies sponsored a showing of the film Signs Out of Time on Tuesday, Nov. 2 from noon-1 p.m. The film introduced the theories of archeologist Dr. Maria Gimbutas, who has spent a lifetime searching for evidence as to the life of early civilizations dating as far back as 6,500 B.C.
Dr. Maria Gimbutas was born in Lithuania but was forced to leave the Soviet-occupied country during WWII. Her family moved to the United States, and she has since become a world-renowned archaeologist.
Gimbutas believes that civilizations long ago were long and peaceful. She has discovered many sites in present-day Europe whose artifacts show no evidence of organized war and show a culture that highly respected females. Women’s roles at the time, according to Gimbutas, were central to the culture and religion.
Over 3,000 archeological sites have been documented to exist in what Gimbutas calls “Old Europe” (much of what is today known as Europe), and several hundred artifacts recovered. Maria Gimbutas herself has found nearly 500 artifacts. In her research and observations of these artifacts, she has formed theories as to the nature-based religion of the pre-existing civilizations.
Some of the sites documented are believed to have had up to 15,000 peoples living together peacefully.
Before Maria Gimbutas’ discoveries, many believed long-ago civilizations to be at war much of the time; but new evidence shows that most of the people were very connected and believed the sacred was found in the earth. It is also believed that the early civilization’s aesthetic values were intertwined with their religious beliefs.
Those who support Gimbutas’ beliefs and discoveries argue that her theories come from primary research done with hundreds of artifacts and careful study. Her discoveries have provided new insight into a civilization that may have been peaceful, goddess-worshipping people, and not the warring societies we once believed they were.
There are opponents who do not give as much credibility to Gimbutas’ theories, claiming that she made general assumptions on evidence and used false methodology.
Despite ridicule towards her theories, she has stayed true to what she believes to be significant evidence of a goddess-worshiping, peaceful civilization in “Old Europe.”
By Leanne Petersen, News Assistant
November 02, 2004
EWU Women’s Studies sponsored a showing of the film Signs Out of Time on Tuesday, Nov. 2 from noon-1 p.m. The film introduced the theories of archeologist Dr. Maria Gimbutas, who has spent a lifetime searching for evidence as to the life of early civilizations dating as far back as 6,500 B.C.
Dr. Maria Gimbutas was born in Lithuania but was forced to leave the Soviet-occupied country during WWII. Her family moved to the United States, and she has since become a world-renowned archaeologist.
Gimbutas believes that civilizations long ago were long and peaceful. She has discovered many sites in present-day Europe whose artifacts show no evidence of organized war and show a culture that highly respected females. Women’s roles at the time, according to Gimbutas, were central to the culture and religion.
Over 3,000 archeological sites have been documented to exist in what Gimbutas calls “Old Europe” (much of what is today known as Europe), and several hundred artifacts recovered. Maria Gimbutas herself has found nearly 500 artifacts. In her research and observations of these artifacts, she has formed theories as to the nature-based religion of the pre-existing civilizations.
Some of the sites documented are believed to have had up to 15,000 peoples living together peacefully.
Before Maria Gimbutas’ discoveries, many believed long-ago civilizations to be at war much of the time; but new evidence shows that most of the people were very connected and believed the sacred was found in the earth. It is also believed that the early civilization’s aesthetic values were intertwined with their religious beliefs.
Those who support Gimbutas’ beliefs and discoveries argue that her theories come from primary research done with hundreds of artifacts and careful study. Her discoveries have provided new insight into a civilization that may have been peaceful, goddess-worshipping people, and not the warring societies we once believed they were.
There are opponents who do not give as much credibility to Gimbutas’ theories, claiming that she made general assumptions on evidence and used false methodology.
Despite ridicule towards her theories, she has stayed true to what she believes to be significant evidence of a goddess-worshiping, peaceful civilization in “Old Europe.”