Matristic

<h3 >Matristic</h3>

<p >Feminist scholars and archeologists such as&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marija_Gimbutas" title="Marija Gimbutas" >Marija Gimbutas</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerda_Lerner" title="Gerda Lerner" >Gerda Lerner</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riane_Eisler" title="Riane Eisler" >Riane Eisler</a><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matriarchy#cite_note-43" >[44]</a></sup>&nbsp;describe their notion of a "woman-centered" society surrounding&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Goddess" title="Mother Goddess" class="mw-redirect" >Mother Goddess</a>&nbsp;worship throughout prehistory (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithic" title="Paleolithic" >Paleolithic</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic_Europe" title="Neolithic Europe" >Neolithic Europe</a>) and ancient civilizations, by using the term&nbsp;<i>matristic</i>&nbsp;rather than&nbsp;<i>matriarchal</i>.</p>