Venus figurines of Gönnersdorf

Gerhard Bosinski led the excavations between 1968 and 1976 at Neuwied, a town on the Rhine in Germany. ==Features==

The figures consist of carved bone, antler or mammoth tusk ivory. They are between 15,000 and 11,500 years old and date from the Magdalenian period. They measure between long. Many other engravings on slate of animals, human beings and abstract signs were found at the same location. The depictions of human beings were highly stylized. Most depicted women, always in profile and without a head. The Montastruc decorated stone (Palart 518) in the British Museum has similar stylization. ==See also==

• Bosinski, G. (1979). Die Ausgrabungen in Gönnersdorf 1968–1976 und die Siedlungsbefunde der Grabung 1968. Mit Beiträgen von David Batchelor. Wiesbaden: Steiner. . • Delporte H. (1979). L’image de la femme dans l’art préhistorique. Paris: Ed. Picard. • Müller-Beck, H. & Albrecht, G. (ed.), (1987). Die Anfänge der Kunst vor 30000 Jahren. Stuttgart: Theiss. ==Notes and references==