ABSTRACT
Archeomythology, a genre defined by Marija Gimbutas, catches the imagination by ordering multiple sets of findings from the neolithic into a single origin story. That an origin story rests in the Sacred Feminine is what makes it news. Poets and mythographers, Jungians and many indigenous people and the grassroots Goddess Movement have all put forward female origin stories; but they did not have archeological input or scientific standing. Origin story has been an integral part of archeology but, until archeologist Marija Gimbutas, the underlying Western story consisted of what I call Male-Only-Origin-Story-Example (MOOSE).
