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- Title
The Controversial Context of Discovery of Some Palaeolithic Figurines. Gravettian Venuses - a Too Easily Accepted Postulate.
- Authors
Cârciumaru, Marin
- Abstract
A number of Palaeolithic Venus figurines, which have become famous, are actually devoid of any archaeological context. This aspect is often forgotten and many of them are even considered as representative of such artefacts. Furthermore, including them mainly in the Gravettian culture has not been justified by any stratigraphic arguments or information related to absolute or cultural dating. In the absence of such evidence, a false postulate has been formulated by attributing them, in an exaggerated manner, to the Gravettian culture. The discovery of the Epigravettian figurine from Piatra Neamț 1, with a cultural stratigraphic context and coherent C14 dates, should trigger a re-evaluation of older finds.
- Subjects
FIGURINES; GRAVETTIAN culture; PALEOLITHIC Period; AXIOMS; VENUS (Planet)
- Publication
Annales d'Université 'Valahia' Târgoviste. Section d'Archéologie et d'Histoire, 2022, Vol 24, p7
- ISSN
1584-1855
- Publication type
Article