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Chercher les femmes, au-delà des idées reçues et des stéréotypes échevelés qui ont régné des décennies durant : tel est le propos de ce livre. Aujourd'hui, de nouvelles découvertes et de nouveaux questionnements rendent enfin visibles ces femmes qui vécurent aux temps lointains de la Préhistoire, de l'aube du Paléolithique jusqu'aux confins de l'âge du fer. Que savons-nous des transformations évolutives de leurs corps et de leur apparence ? Quelles images les Préhistoriques nous en ont-ils laissées ? Comment penser le rôle de ces femmes dans la reproduction et la famille ? Quelles preuves pouvons-nous avoir de leurs tâches quotidiennes, de leurs réalisations techniques, de leurs talents artistiques ? De quels savoirs, de quels pouvoirs disposaient-elles ? Revenant sur les figures magnifiées et mythiques de la matriarche ou de la Déesse, Claudine Cohen s'interroge aussi sur les rapports de domination, de violence, d'exploitation que les femmes ont pu endurer dans ces sociétés du passé. En éclairant sous un angle neuf la vie matérielle, familiale, sociale, religieuse des mondes de la Préhistoire, cet ouvrage vise à ancrer la réflexion actuelle sur la différence des sexes et le statut social des femmes jusque dans la profondeur des millénaires.

Women, Prehistoric.

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Social archaeology --- Women [Prehistoric ]

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Amazons-fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world-were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and Achilles displayed their valor in duels with Amazon queens, and the Athenians reveled in their victory over a powerful Amazon army. In historical times, Cyrus of Persia, Alexander the Great, and the Roman general Pompey tangled with Amazons.But just who were these bold barbarian archers on horseback who gloried in fighting, hunting, and sexual freedom? Were Amazons real? In this deeply researched, wide-ranging, and lavishly illustrated book, National Book Award finalist Adrienne Mayor presents the Amazons as they have never been seen before. This is the first comprehensive account of warrior women in myth and history across the ancient world, from the Mediterranean Sea to the Great Wall of China.Mayor tells how amazing new archaeological discoveries of battle-scarred female skeletons buried with their weapons prove that women warriors were not merely figments of the Greek imagination. Combining classical myth and art, nomad traditions, and scientific archaeology, she reveals intimate, surprising details and original insights about the lives and legends of the women known as Amazons. Provocatively arguing that a timeless search for a balance between the sexes explains the allure of the Amazons, Mayor reminds us that there were as many Amazon love stories as there were war stories. The Greeks were not the only people enchanted by Amazons-Mayor shows that warlike women of nomadic cultures inspired exciting tales in ancient Egypt, Persia, India, Central Asia, and China.Driven by a detective's curiosity, Mayor unearths long-buried evidence and sifts fact from fiction to show how flesh-and-blood women of the Eurasian steppes were mythologized as Amazons, the equals of men. The result is likely to become a classic.

Women, Prehistoric --- Women, Prehistoric. --- Women soldiers --- Mythology, Greek. --- Amazons in literature. --- Amazons. --- Social conditions. --- History.

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Matriarchy. --- Matrilineal kinship. --- Patriarchy. --- Religion, Prehistoric. --- Women, Prehistoric. --- Feminist theory.

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Feminist archaeology --- Sex role --- Social archaeology --- Women --- Women, Prehistoric --- History