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Diversity of the Upper Paleolithic “Venus Figurines and Archeological Mythology”
Author(s) -
Nelson Sarah M.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
archeological papers of the american anthropological association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.783
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1551-8248
pISSN - 1551-823X
DOI - 10.1525/ap3a.1990.2.1.11
Subject(s) - upper paleolithic , mythology , diversity (politics) , middle paleolithic , archaeology , geography , history , art , anthropology , literature , pleistocene , sociology
Meanings attributed to Upper Paleolithic female figurines in the past have been based on the assumption that they are all alike in important ways. Attention is called here to the diversity of the figurines, and possible alternative interpretations.