Venus of Buret'
| Material | Mammoth ivory[1][2] or serpentine[1] |
|---|---|
| Created | c. the end of the 21,000 B.C.E - beginning of the 20,000 B.C.E (Upper paleolithic)[2][3] |
| Discovered | Irkutsk Oblast[2] |
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Venus of Buret' (or Bouret') may refer to any of the five Venus figurines found from archeological site of Buret' in Siberia near Irkutsk and Angara's river valley.[4][5][1]
Four of them are made of ivory and one of them is made of serpentine.[1] One of the figurines (pictured) made of ivory depicts a shrouded person. A similar shrouded figurine has been found from Mal'ta. Carvings on the figurine might represent decorated clothes. The figurine is partially sexually ambiguous due to lack of breasts, but it has an emphasized pubic triangle and vaginal area.[4]
Venus figurines by Mal'ta-Buret' culture of the area are considered to be geographically isolated. They have features that differ from other Venuses of the Paleolithic era, as they have clothes, instead of being nude, and they also have elaborately carved faces.[4] Ivory figurines found from Buret' and Mal'ta have revealed that the Upper Paleolithic culture stretched from Western Europe to Baikal 20,000 years ago.[5] It is believed that Mal'ta was the main settlement and the Buret's site was a campsite for winters, as the figurines are similar.[4]
List of artifacts
| Name | Spot of discovery | Date of discovery | First publication | Material | Picture | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buret' 1 | Dwelling no. 1 | 1936 | Alexey P. Okladnikov, 1941 | Mammoth ivory | [3] | |
| Buret' 2 | Dwelling no. 4 | 1939 | Alexey P. Okladnikov, 1941 | Mammoth ivory | [3] | |
| Buret' 3 | Dwelling no. 2 | 1940 | Alexey P. Okladnikov, 1941 | Mammoth ivory | [3] | |
| Buret' 4 | Dwelling no. 2 | 1940 | Alexey P. Okladnikov, 1941 | Mammoth ivory | [3] | |
| Buret' 5 | Dwelling no. 2 | 1940 | Alexey P. Okladnikov, 1941 | Serpentine rock | [3] |
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 Väinö Poikalainen (2001). "Paleolithic Art from the Danube to Lake Baikal" (PDF). Folklore. 18&19. doi:10.7592/FEJF2001.18/19.paleoart. ISSN 1406-0957. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- 1 2 3 "The card of museum object". Virtual Museum of Archaeology. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Louise Muriel Lander (2005). "From artifact to icon: an analysis of the Venus figurines in archaeological literature and contemporary culture" (PDF). Durham University. pp. 475–476. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 Karen Diane Jennett (May 2008). "Female Figurines of the Upper Paleolithic" (PDF). Texas State University. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- 1 2 Christoph Baumer (11 December 2012). The History of Central Asia: The Age of the Steppe Warriors. I.B.Tauris. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-78076-060-5.
Further reading
- Leslie G. Freeman (1 January 1978). Views of the Past: Essays in Old World Prehistory and Paleanthropology. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 274–278. ISBN 978-3-11-080007-4.
- Gerasimov, Michail M. (1964). The Paleolithic site of Malta: excavations of 1956–1958. In E.N. Michael (ed.): The Archaeology and Geomorphology of Northern Asia. No. 5, S. 3–32, Arctic Institute of North America, University of Toronto.
- Gertcyk, Olga (18 February 2016). "World famous ancient Siberian Venus figurines 'are NOT Venuses after all'".
- Robert G. Bednarik (19 June 2013). "Pleistocene Palaeoart of Asia". MDPI. doi:10.3390/arts2020046. ISSN 2076-0752.
- "Siberian figurines reassessed". www.bradshawfoundation.com. 7 March 2016.
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