Venus of Dolní Věstonice [SEP] material used
Venus of Dolní Věstonice
The Venus of Dolní Věstonice () is a Venus figurine, a ceramic statuette of a nude female figure dated to 29,000–25,000 BCE (Gravettian industry), or 29,000 - 25,000 BC. It was found at the Paleolithic site Dolní Věstonice in the Moravian basin south of Brno, in the base of Děvín Mountain, . This figurine and a few others from locations nearby are the oldest known ceramic articles in the world.
Description.
It has a height of , and a width of at its
Dolní Věstonice
Dolní Věstonice () is a small village in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It is known for a series of ice age archaeological sites in the area, including the oldest permanent human settlement ever found by archaeologists in the entire world. These sites were used by mammoth hunters, and finds include a triple burial and the Venus of Dolní Věstonice.
Although prehistoric artifacts have been found in the area for some time, formal archaeological research started in 1924. The village became a target for tourists