Have to agree on the Mesolithic hunter gatherer lifestyle having little impact on the landscape. There's even evidence from Neolithic bones that the hunter gatherers had a better, more balanced diet than the early farmers. Though i think i read in one of Francis Lynch's books that he thought they made 'clearings' to attract animals to a convenient place to be killed, rather than roaming all over after the herds (makes sense really i suppose ,saves energy expenditure).
I'm not gonna argue the toss about proto feminist societies, you've both done a masterful job on that, though i don't think there's much evidence for or against to be honest. I'm not sure the female 'figurines' can be construed as evidence for or against. Various recent interpretations make them out to be prehistoric porn (though not sure on that one either). Maybe they were just lucky 'charms' to help females through the hazards of childbirth ?