On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 12:09:20 -0600, janice klein <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Much as I hate to disagree with Gene Dillenburg publicly (what we do in
>private is nobody's business but our own and our respective partners),
Maria
>Gimbutas' archaeological work is well regarded, it's just that her
>interpretation was not very popular in the 1960's and 1970's (that
>mother-goddess matrilineal stuff might have been just a bit much for the
>"old boys" -- as distinct from "old Europe").
>
>Janice Klein



As much as I hate to disagree with Janice Klein in public OR in private, I
stand by my research.  In preparing the exhibit, I read several books and
articles from the late '80s through the mid '90s, written by both male and
female scientists, who found Gimbutas' interpretations "speculative" at
best, "self-delusion" at worst.

Perhaps this is best debated on an archaeological or anthropological list.

-- Gene Dillenburg

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