“Marija Gimbutas’ ‘Collision of Cultures’:
the Kurgan Invasions and the End of Old Europe”
Dr. Harald Haarmann and Joan Marler
In this session, Dr. Harald Haarmann and Joan Marler discuss the
significance of the civilization of Old Europe that sustained
peaceful, egalitarian, matristic societies throughout southeastern
and central Europe for three millennia (c. 6500-3500 BCE). The
arrival of nomadic herders from the Pontic-Caspian steppes created a
“collision of cultures” that caused the destruction of Old Europe,
the spread of patriarchal systems, male dominance, and warfare that
have continued to the present day. The subsequent development of
European societies cannot be fully understood without recognizing the impact of this collision in which certain Old European patterns have remarkably endured.
Dr. Harald Haarmann is a German linguist and cultural scientist who taught and conducted research at a number of German and Japanese universities, and is a member of the Research Centre on Multilingualism in Brussels. He is also Vice-President of the Institute of Archaeomythology, and director of its European branch. Haarmann is the author of more than 40 books in eight languages. His studies on the influence of Old Europen cultures include Myth as source of knowledge in early western thought (2015); Roots of ancient Greek civilization: The influence of Old Europe (2014); Interacting with figurines: Seven dimensions in the study of imagery (2009); and (with Joan Marler) Introducing the Mythological Crescent. Ancient beliefs and imagery connecting Eurasia with Anatolia (2008).
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