Marija Gimbutas even argues that `` the Gorgon extends back to at least 6000 BC , as a ceramic mask from the Sesklo culture illustrates '' , and in her book , Language of the Goddess , she also identifies the prototype of the Gorgoneion in Neolithic art motifs , especially in anthropomorphic vases and terracotta masks inlaid with gold .
Marija Gimbutas even argues that `` the Gorgon extends back to at least 6000 BC , as a ceramic mask from the Sesklo culture illustrates '' .