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Palaeolithic artefacts Venus figurines. According to archaeological research, modern humans (ie Homo sapiens) 200,000 years ago in Africa arose. From there, they are all over Europe and Asia spread, organize it and a nomadic hunter-gatherer existence, organize it in basically the same way as several other species vroere hominids lived. About 70,000 years ago, Homo sapiens a revolutionary step forward and through their deepest feelings through drawings even begin to express with amazing intricate geometric patterns. Although they have the same kind of basic stone tools made, Homo sapiens (about 50,000 BC) encourage organize it other intellectual activities began practicing as pottery, sculpture, organize it sewing and weaving. Everything was steps away from a nomadic hunter-gatherer existence to a more settled life, which again resulted in more sophisticated implements were manufactured organize it as specialized items to drilling, cutting and carving, spear points, organize it etc.. Within a relatively short period of about 4000 years this technological revolution spread to Europe and eventually items like fish hooks, organize it oil lamps, string and needles with o included. organize it Some Archaeologists believe that this progress was due to the emergence of language, that Homo sapiens are able to exchange ideas and was able to share acquired knowledge. organize it Besides the practical tools they made, they also give us many wonderful works of art left behind, in the form of cave paintings and figurines called Venus.
In archeology, the term "Venus figurines" an umbrella description regarding Stone Age statuettes of women (goddesses), organize it made during the Aurignaciaan and Gravettiaan cultures of the Late Palaeolithic period (c. 50,000 to 30,000 years ago ca 12000-8000 years ago), all over Europe from France in Siberi. The general agreement of these images in size and shape [obese organize it or pregnant] - is extraordinary. They were carved by Stone Age sculpture in all sorts of different materials, ranging from soft stone (steatite, calcite or limestone), bone, ivory, wood, ceramic or clay. The latter type is one of the oldest ceramic works that have been discovered. The Hohle Fels Venus, who in 2008 discovered, carbon dated to at least 35,000 BC and later examples organize it such as the Magdalenian, such as the Venus of Monruz, about 11,000 years old. These figures are mostly soft stone (such as steatite, calcite or limestone), bone or ivory carved, or clay and baked. The latter is one of the oldest known ceramic sculptures. In total there are thousands of these figurines found, the size varies from 4 cm to 25 cm high. They are the earliest prehistoric art.
Venus Roumanie By the time the first Venus figurine was discovered archeology was not a true science though, and it was rather a game for rich people, organize it "the hunt for hidden treasure." In 1864 one of those men, the Marquis de Vibraye the torso portion of a female figurine in the south of France organize it stumbled. As can be expected, the significance of the statue and the age is unknown to him. The term "Venus" which he gave the statue would become organize it a standard description in the archaeological community for the type of images.
Edouard Piette in 1892 a very interesting discovery in a cave in southern France. There he made a number of female figurine fragments, carved from mammoth ivory found. One of these fragments was a very detailed head, which named the Venus of Brassempouy got named after a local village nearby situated. organize it The image is about 25,000 years old.
Front and side view of the Venus of Brassempouy. About the same time as the Venus of Brassempouy was discovered, was another organize it excavation in progress in the north of Italy to Balzi Rossi, close to the French border. The area has a large number of natural caves, and during their exploration of the Louis Alexandre Jullien A total of 15 female figurines discovered. Of particular interest is the material that was used for the figurines, which consists of green steatite (soapstone) and mammoth ivory.
Grimaldi Caves. organize it The caves of Balzi Rossi today. There was no mammoths in that area, and green soapstone was very rare, indicating that the material had been relatively valuable, and that local people had traveled far or traded it in to get hold of. In addition, many of the small statuettes, and holes in their tops, indicating that they behave as pendants was. They are dated between 20-25,000 BC.
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