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Venus figurines of Petersfels

Coordinates: 47°51′41″N 8°48′21″E / 47.86139°N 8.80583°E / 47.86139; 8.80583
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Venus figurines of Petersfels
From the left: Venus figurine from Petersfels, reproduction (The so-called Venus of Engen), beetle and two further female figurines from Petersfels; Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe
MaterialJet
Created15,000 to 11,500 years
Discovered1908
Engen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

The Venus figurines of Petersfels are several small female statuettes from the Upper Paleolithic era, carved from jet lignite. The tallest figurine is called the Venus of Engen.[1] The figurines were discovered in the Petersfels caves near Engen, Baden-Württemberg, excavated in 1927–1932 by Eduard Peters und Volker Toepfer and then in 1974–1976 and 1978 by Gerd Albrecht.[2] They stand between 1.5 and 4 cm tall and are about 15,000 to 11,500 years old, created during the Magdalenian era. They are housed in the Museums of Freiburg im Breisgau and Engen.

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Bibliography

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  • Karl Dietrich Adam, Renate Kurz: Eiszeitkunst im süddeutschen Raum. Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-8062-0241-9.
  • Archäologisches Landesmuseum Konstanz (Hrsg.): Eiszeit: Kunst und Kultur. Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2009, ISBN 978-3-7995-0833-9.
  • Henri Delporte: L’image de la femme dans l’art préhistorique. Ed. Picard, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-7084-0034-7.
  • Rudolf Drößler: Die Venus der Eiszeit. Entdeckung und Erforschung der altsteinzeitlichen Kunst. Prisma-Verlag, Leipzig 1967.
  • Alexander Marshack: The Roots of Civilization: the Cognitive Beginning of Man’s First Art, Symbol and Notation. McGraw-Hill, New York 1972, ISBN 0-07-040535-2.
  • Hansjürgen Müller-Beck, Gerd Albrecht (Hrsg.): Die Anfänge der Kunst vor 30000 Jahren. Theiss, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-8062-0508-6.
  • Verena Nübling. Die Venusstatuetten vom Petersfels. Denkmalpflege in Baden-Württemberg, Nachrichtenblatt des Landesdenkmalamtes, (3), S. 129-130, 1999. ISSN 0342-0027. [1]
  • Eduard Peters: Die altsteinzeitliche Kulturstätte Petersfels. Filser, Augsburg 1930.

References

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  1. ^ "Venus von Engen, Foto Museum | Einzigartige Museen in Deutschland". einzigartige-museen.de. Archived from the original on 2017-03-26. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  2. ^ See Delporte (1979), S. 129; Müller-Beck & Albrecht (1987), S. 104.
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47°51′41″N 8°48′21″E / 47.86139°N 8.80583°E / 47.86139; 8.80583