After the Development of Agriculture
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A.D.A., when meaning After the Development of Agriculture
, is a symbol for counting years forward from 8000 BCE
. It was developed in feminist thealogy
. It is not often used.
period (Stone's classification of the period). "Others in the feminist spirituality movement have adopted her dating convention as a more 'feminized' way of reckoning history than the standard one that counts from the advent of Jesus." The "system [was meant] to reflect the cultural accomplishments of women."
8,000 years before the Common Era may not be agreed with among scholars, but it is close to some estimates. It also did not begin in all places at the same time. However, similar issues have been raised as to other calendar systems and they're no less valid for that.
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
, is a symbol for counting years forward from 8000 BCE
Common Era
Common Era ,abbreviated as CE, is an alternative designation for the calendar era originally introduced by Dionysius Exiguus in the 6th century, traditionally identified with Anno Domini .Dates before the year 1 CE are indicated by the usage of BCE, short for Before the Common Era Common Era...
. It was developed in feminist thealogy
Thealogy
Thealogy, a neologism coined by Isaac Bonewits in 1974, is a discourse that reflects upon the meaning of Goddess and Her relationship to life forms. It is a discourse that critically engages the beliefs, wisdom, practices, questions, and values of the Goddess community, both past and present...
. It is not often used.
History of A.D.A.
"In 1978, Merlin Stone[] advocated that feminists adopt a new dating system, according to which 1978 was 9978 ADA—After the Development of Agriculture". Stone criticized "Christian dating [because it] skews time in a manner that makes the A.D. era the 'real' time and the B.C. era, which is enormously larger, 'a vast emptiness of the unknown or unreal.'" "Stone uses a dating system that counts 8000 B.C.E.—when women presumably invented agriculture—as the year zero." Stone said it was the midpoint of the 2,000-year-long proto-NeolithicNeolithic
The Neolithic Age, Era, or Period, or New Stone Age, was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 9500 BC in some parts of the Middle East, and later in other parts of the world. It is traditionally considered as the last part of the Stone Age...
period (Stone's classification of the period). "Others in the feminist spirituality movement have adopted her dating convention as a more 'feminized' way of reckoning history than the standard one that counts from the advent of Jesus." The "system [was meant] to reflect the cultural accomplishments of women."
Accuracy
Whether agriculture beganHistory of agriculture
Agriculture was developed at least 10,000 years ago, and it has undergone significant developments since the time of the earliest cultivation. The Fertile Crescent of Western Asia, Egypt, and India were sites of the earliest planned sowing and harvesting of plants that had previously been gathered...
8,000 years before the Common Era may not be agreed with among scholars, but it is close to some estimates. It also did not begin in all places at the same time. However, similar issues have been raised as to other calendar systems and they're no less valid for that.