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UPPER PALEOLITHIC GEOMETRIC FEMALE ENGRAVINGS ON BONE

Fig. F40) Engraving on mammoth's tusk.
Female figure with geometric stylization.
Size: height cm 15,5.
Origin: Predmostí (Moravia, Czech Republic).
Dating: between 24.000 and 37.000 years ago.
Material culture: Gravettian (Upper Paleolithic).
From the stylistic deformation of the figure one could think that it belongs to the Neolithic!





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