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Venus of La Marmotta

data access 51997

The so-called Marmotta’s Venus, a figurine 4.8 cm high, disovered by the underwater excavations in the Neolithic village is a female green steatite sculpture dates to the Early Neolithic Age ca 4800-4100 BC. . As it was placed under the floor of a building probably a Sanctuary it could be a so-called a figure of Mother Goddess widesrpread in Neolithic Europe. This type of Mother Goddess -  “Venus” was widespread in the Early Palaeolithic and Epipaleolithic Periods.

See:

  1. Mario Mineo, Judith Harris: Travels to "La Marmotta" a neolithic settlement beneath the waters of lake Bracciano, https://www.academia.edu/21876821
  2. Timothy Insoll: The Oxford Handbook of Prehistoric Figurines, Oxford University Press, 2017, pp. 784, 785 f
  3. http://www.europeanvirtualmuseum.it/repertidettagli/Deepenings118.htm

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Bijdrage: Aangemaakt door Elżbieta (2018-05-15) , met mogelijke bijdragen van anderen. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Permanente URL: https://vici.org/vici/51997
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Voorgestelde citatiewijze: Elżbieta (2018) Venus of La Marmotta. Vici.org: archeologische atlas van de oudheid. https://vici.org/vici/51997, opgevraagd op 2026-11-15.