Chapter 12
Archaeological materials are not mute. They speak their own language. And they need to be used for the great source they are to help unravel the spirituality of those of our ancestors who predate the Indo-Europeans by many thousands of years.
—Marija Gimbutas, archaeologist known for the Kurgan Hypothesis and author of The Civilization of the Goddess
Village at the site of Çatalhöyük, Turkey
9528 BCE
What is wrong with circular huts? That notion formed the first of many points of contention Tallia faced as she learned to live with a reformed reindeer warrior giant.
The great matriarch herself, her grandmother Nanshe, lived in a circular mud-and-stick hut. If Nirra really wanted to live the life of her family, to know the love of her family, then why not live like they did?
