Ancient peoples worshiped a bountiful female deity, Eisler says, and the life-giving powers of the universe, symbolized by the chalice in the book’s title. Rather than forming an invisible backdrop, women probably invented the domestication of plants and animals, and new social relations probably stemmed from their relations with children.
In Eisler’s alternative history, Woman the Gatherer is the central actor. In the traditional view, Man the Hunter plays the leading role, forming the beginnings of ancient civilization by wielding the lethal blade. Following 12 years of rigorous research and synthesizing the work of many others, Eisler proposes that conventional historians are painting the wrong picture of the origins of civilization.
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