"Probably at first cultivation was an incidental activity of the women while their lords were engaged in the really serious business of the chase" (Childe 1965:82). Opinions and thoughts such as this dominated the minds of early theorists for many years. This is particularly humorous as Childe attributes the rise of agriculture to women when women were seen as secondary and subordinate to men. Introduction Since the beginning of man's fascination with the past, he has …
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