Yes ,Gimbutas has a lot answer for and apophenia and pareidolia explain a lot .E.P. Grondine wrote:Its sometimes funny how many phalluses some people see in ancient artifacts.Tiompan wrote:E.P. Grondine wrote:Hi Tionpan:
The data are well known:
http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/malta/
By the way, I do not think it is a "female cult".
It is just as or more than likely that there was a matrilineal society.
Gimbutas observations of rock sculptures of (hallucinogenic?) mushrooms are still valid.
Rock solid, in fact.
Hi EP ,
yes I know the data are well known that is why I asked why you thought "I think that none of you are aware of the complete disappearance of that culture on Malta around 2,360 BCE."
However the data does not include a " complete disappearance " ( change of culture as was found in many other places in the Neolithic - Bronze Age transition would be more appropriate ) at such a precise date .
Gimbutas saw mushrooms, and others still do , not always, but often with little justification , the same applies to other motifs like vulvas .
In the case of Malta, this is no gradual change.
Its a cultural discontinuity, which brings me back to my original challenge to you.
What caused it, and show your work.
Your'e the one who said "the cultural discontinuity on Malta is abrupt and complete, around 2360 BC ."
Where is the work to support that assertion ?
We know that there was a change in culture around the Neolithic /Bronze age transition with zero evidence for the reason being due to impacts and the date for the transition probabaly began earlier . Read the literature and that is what you will discover .
You also failed to answer why you thought we wouldn't know about the transition ,which some of us obvioulsy did ,but if you meant the complete disappearance of a people due to a non local impact then we are unlikley to have been aware of a fantasy .