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GEOMETRIC ENGRAVINGS REPRESENTING HUMAN FEMALES IN THE UPPER PALEOLITHIC

Fig. F40) Engraving on tusk of Mammuth
Female figure with geometric stylization.
Tall 15.5 cm.
Material culture: Gravettian (upper Paleolithic).
Predmosti (Moravia).
By the stylistic deformation of the figure we could think that it belongs to the Neolithic!





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