Venus from Gönnersdorf ( German: Venusfigurinen von Gönnersdorf ) - Paleolithic Venus about 11.5-15 thousand years old, discovered in the second half of the 20th century in Gönnersdorf, a district of the city of Neuwied ( Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany ), during excavations led by Gerhard Bozinski.
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| Venus from Gönnersdorf . OK. 11.5-15 thousand years ago | ||
| Venusfigurinen von gönnersdorf | ||
| mammoth tusk, bone, deer horn, slate . Height from 5.4 to 8.7 cm | ||
Figurines belong to Madeleine culture and reflect the main trends in the image of a female figure, characteristic of that era: minimalism, abstractness, lack of head and legs, emphasized forms of buttocks. Their closest analogues are specimens from Andernach, Nebra and Olknitz, which allows us to talk about a separate "Hoennersdorf type" of the Paleolithic Venus. In addition, slate plates were found in this parking lot with drawings of profiles of female bodies applied to them, which are similar in shape to statuettes.
A total of 16 Gönnersdorf venus was found, the material for the manufacture of which were animal bones, mammoth tusk, deer horn, as well as local shale rocks [1] [2] .