Venus Figurines is a collective archaeological term referring to a class of prehistoric statuettes depicting female figures with exaggerated bodily features, distinguished from other Paleolithic artifacts by their symbolic emphasis on fertility attributes and widespread distribution across Eurasian Upper Paleolithic sites.
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Olga Soffer, J. M. Adovasio, David C. Hyland · Current Anthropology · 2000 · 218 citations
Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus: a ghost story and a biography
Choice Reviews Online · 2009 · 192 citations
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Star gods of the Maya: astronomy in art, folklore, and calendars
Choice Reviews Online · 2000 · 168 citations
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Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
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