Warrior Women : An Archaeologist's Search for History's Hidden Heroines

by Davis-Kimball, Jeannine Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9780446525466
• ISBN10: 0446525464
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2002-02-14
• Publisher: Grand Central Pub

Summary

Intrepid archaeologist Jeannine Davis-Kimball travels from exotic excavations on the wild Eurasian steppes to mysterious tombs deep in Mongolia to rune-covered burial mounds in Northern Ireland in search of the truth about history's most powerful women... After raising six children and working as a nurse in Idaho and a cattle rancher in South America, Dr. Jeannine Davis-Kimball was drawn to exploring the worlds of the past. She became fascinated by ancient artifacts from the burial mounds in Eurasia, the deserts of western China, and the Black Sea islands where legend places the Amazon tribes.

Author Biography

Jeannine Davis-Kimball, Ph.D., is the founder and executive director of the American-Eurasian Research Institute and the Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads. She has appeared in episodes of Nova and Unsolved Mysteries, and on the learning Channel

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
The Path to Pokrovka	p. 1
An Archaeologist in the Field	p. 14
The Power of the Hearth	p. 30
The Power of the Sword	p. 50
The Power of the Spirit	p. 67
Rich Legends: From Gold Man to Griffin	p. 96
The Advent of the Amazons	p. 112
China's Mysterious Mummies	p. 132
Ancient Fertility Rituals in the Tien Shan	p. 153
Mother Goddesses and Enarees	p. 169
Irish Warrior Queens and the Damsels of Death	p. 186
From Celts to Mongols: Women of Business and Kingmakers	p. 211
The Legacy of Warrior Women	p. 234
Glossary	p. 241
Bibliography	p. 249
Index	p. 254
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