Mary Settegast
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Mary Settegast is a contemporary American scholar and author who specializes in the Neolithic Age.
The accomplished but reclusive Settegast earned graduate degrees from both the University of California, Berkeley and Columbia University. She has received critical praise for her books Plato Prehistorian, Mosa Lisa's Moustache, and When Zarathustra Spoke. As their titles indicate, Settegast's first and third books focus on human prehistory; her special interest is on the co-evolution of religion and agriculture. In a different vein, Mona Lisa's Moustache deals with contemporary cultural and intellectual issues.
[edit] Bibliography (books)
- Plato Prehistorian: 10,000 to 5000 B.C. in Myth and Archaeology, Cambridge, MA, Rotenberg Press, 1987.
- Mona Lisa's Moustache: Making Sense of a Dissolving World, Grand Rapids, MI, Phanes Press, 2001.
- When Zarathustra Spoke: The Reformation of Neolithic Culture and Religion, Costa Mesa, CA, Mazda Publishers, 2005.
