The Venus of Monruz (also Venus of Neuchâtel, Venus of Neuchâtel-Monruz) is a Venus figurine of the late Upper Paleolithic, or the beginning Epipaleolithic, dating to the end of the Magdalenian, some 11,000 years ago. It is a black jet pendant in the shape of a stylized human body, measuring 18 mm in height. It was discovered in 1991, at the construction of the N5 highway, at Monruz in the municipality of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
The Venus figurines of Petersfels from a site near Engen, Germany, bear remarkable resemblance to the Venus of Monruz. Especially the biggest of them, called Venus from Engen[1] may have been done by the same artist. It is also made of jet, and also dates to[clarification needed] the Magdalenian - to ca. 15,000 years ago. The sites of discovery of the two figurines are about 130 km apart.
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The VenusofMonruz (also Venusof Neuchâtel, Venusof Neuchâtel-Monruz) is a Venus figurine of the late Upper Paleolithic, or the beginning Epipaleolithic...
period; for example, the Venus of Hohle Fels dates back at least 35,000 years to the Aurignacian era, and the VenusofMonruz dates back about 11,000 years...
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back at least 35,000 years to the Aurignacian, and as late as the VenusofMonruz, from about 11,000 years ago in the Magdalenian. These figurines were...
Mesolithic, in Wetzikon-Robenhausen beginning around 10,000 years ago. VenusofMonruz, c. 9000 BC The Neolithic reached the Swiss plateau before 7,000 years...
VenusofMonruz, Switzerland, c. 9000 BC Shigir Idol, Russia, c. 10,000 BC Roca dels Moros, Spain Pesse canoe, Netherlands, c. 8000 BC Elk's Head of Huittinen...
the Toquepala Caves; Wurdi Youang; Urfa Man; the VenusofMonruz 10,000 BC – The Wolverine pendant of Les Eyzies; First paintings at Tassili n'Ajjer, the...
confirmed. These include a number of specimens from Germany (Kniegrotte, Oelknitz, Teufelsbrucke), Switzerland (Monruz, Kesslerloch, Champre-veyres-Hauterive)...
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