#prehistoric figurines

[dieletztepanzerhexe]

The second leg of excavations started with a beautiful find of an unusually large head fragment of  a Clay Idol of the same type that was found over one hundred years ago when archaeologist Björn Cefdehvarf excavated the famous site of Jettböle in Jomala on the Åland Islands. Although more figurine fragments were found during excavations in Jettböle in 1999-2000 finds of these kind of Idols are very rare indeed.

Excavations of the Geta 16.9 site in 2021 produced 15 fragments of figurines of this same type including two head fragments but these were much much smaller in size compared to the one found today. All Clay idols seem to have had a flat spoon shaped body. The ornamantation usually consits of a netlike pattern.

Clay figurine from Jettböle.

#stone age #neolithic #idols #finland #archaeology #artefact #prehistory #Jettböle #anthropomorphic figurine #figurine #prehistoric figurines #archeology #my upl #Åland Islands

[thesilicontribesman]

'Venus of Willendorf' Paleolithic Carved Figurine (Replica), 29,500 Years Old, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

#ice age #stone age #bronze age #copper age #iron age #prehistoric #prehistory #paleolithic #figurine #symbols #archaeology #Ashmolean Museum #ancient craft #ancient cultures #ancient living #carving

[crazyfox-archives]

A clay figurine dating to the Middle Jōmon period (2500 BC to 1500 BC) excavated at the Sakaue Site in Nagano Prefecture and currently in the collection of the Idojiri Archaeological Museum (井戸尻考古館) in Fujimi, Nagano Prefecture

Image from "Shintō: The Sacred Art of Ancient Japan" edited by Victor Harris, published by the British Museum Press. 2001, page 80

#japanese art #prehistoric art #clay figurine #長野県 #nagano prefecture #富士見町 #fujimi #crazyfoxarchives #arte japonés #arte prehistórico

[contremineur]

The Venus of Monruz is a Venus figurine of the late Upper Paleolithic, some 11,000 years ago. A black jet pendant in the shape of a stylised human body, it measures 18 mm in height. It was discovered in 1991 during road construction at Monruz near Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

abridged from here

#venus of monruz #paleolithic #prehistoric art #venus #venus figurine

[morticiaslittlemadhouse]

Audio_Log_05-04-1996

"Bloody ell, what happened this time!?"

"Well, the Deinonychus Specimens.... um uh..."

"GET ON WITH IT!!!"

"They attacked 2 young Gastornis in the area and a.... 5 year old boy is now in the hospital...."

"Fuck.... this is gonna take forever to cover up...."

Species:Deinonychus Imperius

Classification:Dromaeosaurid Dinosaur

Height:4 foot 3 Inches

Length:15 Feet

Weight:330 Pounds

First Created:September 4th,1983

Population:Circa 100,000 - 110,000 (As of 2002)

Locations:

Montana

Idaho

Wyoming

Colorado

Utah

California

Nevada

Arizona

New Mexico

Texas

Apex Biosciences Document, 2002

#spiraling into the eclipse #deinonychus #gastornis #dinosaurs #birds #figurines #my photos #prehistoric animals

[waitineedaname]

do you think that prehistoric humans making cave paintings had any idea that people like them would see their art long after they're gone

I kind of think they must have, right? I mean, I doubt they could've predicted people seeing their art thousands of years later, I don't know if they could've grasped that sheer scale of time, but one of the earliest things ancient people were aware of was mortality, they must have at least known "someday, i will be dead, and there will be people who will be alive after me, and they might visit this cave." I mean, that's part of some the purpose of art, isn't it? the element of posterity and longevity? you see that a lot in art and literature, the idea of achieving immortality through art because even if you die, your art will outlive you and continue to influence people's lives long after you're gone. i don't know if that's what prehistoric people had in mind, but maybe they thought at least a few generations ahead. maybe when they held up their children to put handprints high above their heads, they thought that someday, their grandchildren might come to that same cave and see how small their parents' hands once were

#asks #anonymous #this got. long. #thank you anon for sending this because I'm going to cry about cave paintings now #prehistoric art Fucks Me Up #the idea of creating something? and then tens of thousands of years later it is still being seen by other human eyes? #and people are still understanding and connecting with it? this thing you made? #I get chills #I think about the hands painting the animals they saw outside #hands carving figurines that held spiritual value #hands crafting jewelry they thought was beautiful #ancient hands belonging to people I will never know #but they were like me. they liked to create and they thought animals were interesting and they found things beautiful #genuinely I have tears in my eyes as I write this #I need to go to bed this is too much for me

[shadythetortie]

Okay I have to get my thoughts out of my brain or I will LITERALLY explode

Prehistoric Planet is FUCKING INCREDIBLE. The animation is some of the best dinosaur animation I have ever seen. None of the animals looked shrink-wrapped - everything had a healthy amount of fat and muscle cover, they moved and acted like animals, and the colour combos they selected are just... *chef's kiss*

After each episode there is a featurette which explains the science behind the episode and clears up some questions people may have. It's only about 5 mins BUT ITS CONTENT and I am LIVING.

If you don't have apple TV or don't want to pay for it, they do have a 7 day free trial you can sign up for and cancel immediately. You still get the 7 days, but they don't auto charge your card if you cancel.

The mosasaur scene nearly got me to tears, it was so nice. And then the ammonites!! And I'm just.... ugh I'm so happy right now.

Please go watch Prehistoric Planet.

#prehistoric planet #i will be painting my dino figurines later I just know it #i must paint my trex

[anachronic-cobra]

#from the desk of anachron #kaprosuchus #i bought a kaprosuchus figurine yesterday #and now I want to know every prehistoric crocodilian

[ancestorsalive]

"The so-called "Venus of Kostenki" was recovered from one of the Paleolithic sites on the Don River in Russia. Several figurines from this area share the same traits and indicate a single goddess who is encountered not just in Russia but throughout prehistoric Europe and the Near East.

Her commonalities in so many figurines include the largeness of breasts, belly, thighs, and buttocks; a globe of a head with closely plated hair or more likely a knitted cap; and arms folded under breasts.

Of subtler recurrence, least often remarked upon but of signal importance, is how often her head is tipped downward, not skyward, for the afterlife is not in the sky but in her own womb, the womb of the fatted earth. She is additionally faceless, as the Goddess in her wholeness is unknowable.

This is the standard appearance of the Kostenki goddess figurines; but how nearly identical she is to prehistoric figurines from France to Israel is what startles. It is now known that a series of prehistoric societies were extremely far-ranging in their influences, amounting to a vast society of roaming hunter-gatherers.

The last of these cultures has been named the Gravettian, the mammoth hunters who built sturdy shelters of mammoth bones to stand against even Ice Age storms, or dwelt in caves or semi-underground habitations. They were not a settled culture but did have centers revisited seasonally or periodically, ritual sites or encampments along the trails of migratory animals.

Gravettian art dates from 25,000 to 20,000 BCE or older in Europe (and the Kostenki sites in use from about 37,000 BCE). This surprisingly was a unified culture that lasted a minimum of 5,000 years, with lingering elements until 17,500 BCE, and influences on the following Epigravettian era in Spain, Italy, France, the Balkans and Ukraine.

Their goddess figurines were small because a nomadic existence required portability. When the Ice Age ended, Gravettian culture begins its slow fade into settled agricultural societies, the first cities, the earliest of which still created heavy-set faceless goddess figurines."

~ Jessica Amanda Salmonson

#Venus of Kostenki #figurine #ancient ways #sacred ways #goddess #goddess figurines #Gravettian culture #Jessica Amanda Salmonson #Paleolithic #Don River #Russia #Kostenki goddess figurines #37000 BCE #Epigravettian era #Spain #Italy #France #The Balkans #Europe #Prehistoric

[ancientorigins]

What accounts for the fact that more than 200 figurines have been found with the same unique physical attributes, separated by thousands of years and found across more than a dozen countries?

#Venus #figures #figurines #statuettes #culture #art #Paleolithic #Prehistoric #artworks #goddess #ancient #history #ancient origins

[dieletztepanzerhexe]

neolithic figurine of a ram, found in Jordanów Śląski

 Funnelbeaker Culture, 2500 BC

32 x 37 x 12 cm

#neolithic #prehistory #archaeology #prehistoric europe #funnelbeaker culture #ritual object #zoomorphic figurine #figurine #artefact #ram #sheep #domestic sheep #husbandry #ceramic #my upl

[thesilicontribesman]

Three female figures from Koshylivtsi, Ukraine, about 3800 to 3400 BCE, with traces of painted decoration that probably represents clothing or jewellery

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

#ice age #stone age #bronze age #copper age #iron age #neolithic #mesolithic #calcholithic #paleolithic #prehistoric #prehistory #votive #archaeology #ancient living #ancient craft #ancient cultures #ancient beliefs #figure #figurine #ukraine

[innervoiceartblog]

"A reminder to any woman who looks at her body and finds it flawed: these are prehistoric carvings of goddesses. These represent the epitome of feminine beauty to those we seek to emulate when we go on diets. Not a flat tummy, thigh gap, or gravity-defying breast among them.

These are bodies that are unique to their owners, and contain stories of desire, creation, hardship, and perseverance. These are bodies that are ready to hold you as you cry. These are bodies that worked every day to provide nourishment, resources and guidance to their communities while also caring for the next generation. They supported one another in their labor, holding one another’s babies while they worked crafting tools, collecting water & singing songs to teach the young about the goddesses they so closely resembled.

And these carvings weren’t found in just one area. They’ve been discovered nearly everywhere humanity has settled and thrived. Which means there was a time when womanhood, in all her power and capacity, was revered not as merely a sexual novelty or shunned as sinful temptation, but seen as a source of inspiration to create, to connect, and to find courage.

Today, our patriarchal society reveres conformity in women over all. It demands that women strive to achieve and maintain a form that resembles an untested girl. Our bodies must look perpetually untouched, unspoiled, a blank slate for a man to claim and use and write his own story upon. Instead of worshiping women as they are, we scrutinize and discard them as never good enough. And the more we strive to conform, the more we give up control of our bodies.

So have comfort, women: with each fat roll and jiggle you gain as you move forward in time, you come closer to resembling the goddess as she originally appeared in the hearts of humanity. She lives in you and longs to be seen and revered as she was before.

And you deserve to be worshipped."

~ Alaura Weaver

Photo source: http://albertis-window.com/2012/04/excavation-sites-for-prehistoric-and-ancient-female-figurines/

#Alaura Weaver #woman #ancient ways #sacred ways #prehistoric #female figurines #women

[back-to-junko]

Something amazing just happend

I was walking back home with a friend (well, not a friend I knew very well but friend nonetheless), and we obviously talked. First during our time on the bus (1h?), then standing on the sidewalk (for another hour probably).

We discussed brothers at first, we both have younger brothers of similar age who happen to be right-leaning in terms of politics. We talked abt the misogynist shit they say to us on daily basis. Then I told her a bit about treatment of women around the world, cause we discussed travelling too. Circling back to the topic of brothers, I decided to mention how casual misogyny is deeply ingrained in societies around the world and even "good men" or men close to us have misogynist tendencies. Somehow we started talking abt how soon men may not be needed in reproduction; how sperm count is lower and lower meaning reproducing without males might be needed for humans to survive. Hell, I even told her that male is in fact not the default (female is! The myth of Eve being created from a male rib is just men's attempt to deflect the truth). How all religions about male god's creating world are just womb envy. How men are more emotional and have less self control. How destructive they are.

At first she told me she has no hope, that she agrees with most feminist beliefs but doesn't believe change is possible esp with the pushback against women's rights around the world rn. But as I kept explaining that technically speaking, female is superior, she told me she actually feels some hope. And it made me so happy! Then, since I already tested the waters, I said that I don't agree with mainstream feminist ideas and she mentioned that neither does she right away. That she hates how feminism is suddenly about everyone and everything. I said I find language like "uterus owner" dehumanizing since hardly anyone calls men "ejaculator" or "testicle owner". She agreed again, that it's stupid. Decided to say that while I in no way hate trans people (and if anything wish them happiness and self acceptance, esp ftms) I find identity politics to be damaging to feminism. How males will always have male patterns of violence. How it reinforces gender roles. And how it harms gender non conforming people (I suppose she can relate, since she's the kind of person to wear comfier clothes and no ig baddie makeup). Once again, she agreed, even told me that her transmasc and nonbinary friends told her while drunk that they don't believe in all this shit and just wanna be themselves. We even brought up and discussed how homophobia influences some homosexual people to transition.

In between all that we exchanged experiences we had with men. How pornsick and lacking of empathy they tend to be. How they catcall us and say gross stuff.

And in the end I recommended her some feminist theory books. I just don't know. It feels so good to be able to discuss this stuff with someone irl. And knowing that a normie agrees, that she's glad others think like she does. I could cry it's so nice <3

#this is a very short ver of the convo. we brought up brain sex too. how the 'natural order' is females selecting mates #not the other way around #how its likely women created cave paintings and those prehistoric figurines #she obviously asked questions too and i answered as much as i could #in the end world gained another misandrist

[hylianengineer]

Venus Figurine Appreciation Post

(for the unaware, these are female (in the sense of assigned sex, not gender) human figurines from the Upper Paleolithic period. They were made between 35,000 and 11,000 years ago all over Eurasia. This specific list of figurines has been curated based solely on my personal artistic preferences.)

The Venus of Holde Fels, the oldest Venus figurine ever found

Venus of Dolni Vestonice - my personal favorite

Venus of Willendorf, arguably the best known

The Venus of Laussel is actually a stone relief, not a figurine, but still cool

Venus of Lespugue

Venus of Moravany

One of several Venuses of Kostyonki

One of several Venuses of Gagarino

This concludes the Venus Figurine Appreciation Post.

#hylian rambles #venus figurines #prehistoric art #uncaptioned #artistic nudity #i am NOT community labeling art of human bodies but we'll see if the tumblr filter catches it anyways #human bodies shouldn't be censored in my opinion. they're just bodies. we all have them. #archaeology #if you're noticing a trend that all of these are fat it's not because all venus figurines are like that. although many if not most are. #it's because i thought the skinny ones were less artistically appealing #not that skinny people can't be artistically appealing. these particular figurines simply did not speak to me

[xtruss]

This Carving from Dinosaur Bone, priced at almost $50,000, was part of a recent seizure of thousands of pounds of fossils that had been illegally excavated from Federal and State Lands in Utah. Photograph By Bureau of Land Management

U.S. Charges Poaching Ring Allegedly Involved in Massive Utah Dinosaur Bone Heist

After Being Excavated and Fashioned into Dinosaur Dig Kits, Carved Figurines, Jewelry, and More for Sale, "Tens of Thousands of Pounds of Dinosaur Bones have Lost Virtually all Scientific Value.”

— By Dina Fine Maron | October 19, 2023

Federal prosecutors today announced charges against four people allegedly involved in a massive dinosaur bone smuggling scheme. Thousands of pounds of dinosaurs and other fossils were secretly excavated from government lands in Utah, according to court documents. Some were sold at gem shows, and others were shipped to China after being mislabeled as construction materials or gems. The poaching and subterfuge, court documents allege, lasted at least from March 2018 to earlier this year.

“By removing and processing these dinosaur bones to make consumer products for profit, tens of thousands of pounds of dinosaur bones have lost virtually all scientific value, leaving future generations unable to experience the science and wonder of these bones,” United States Attorney Trina Higgins said in a press statement.

"It’s certainly a significant volume of dinosaur bones," says David Evans, a paleontologist at the Royal Ontario Museum who’s not involved in the case. He adds that it’s unusual for so much material to be removed from government lands, and that many people likely aren’t aware of the scale of the black market on U.S. dinosaur specimens.

Officials tested more than 1,000 dinosaur bones seized from the residence of Vint and Donna Wade in Utah to determine if they were illegally dug up from Federal Lands. Photograph By Bureau of Land Management

Some of the dinosaur bones were fashioned into commercial products, including dinosaur dig kits, carved figurines, knives, jewelry, and polished bowling ball-like spheres, according to court documents.

Federal agents seized one shipment of dinosaur bones bound for China in December 2022 in Long Beach, California. The 17,000 pounds of fossil material had been mislabeled as industrial stone.

Dinosaur bones shipped to China were allegedly mislabeled as industrial stone or other substances. Photograph By Bureau of Land Management

The items were also sometimes polished and fashioned into dinosaur bone jewelry. Photograph By Bureau of Land Management

Before now, one of the biggest known dinosaur fossil busts occurred in 2006, when 8,000 pounds of fossils—including thousands of dinosaur eggs, petrified pine cones, and prehistoric crabs—were seized by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at a gem and mineral show in Tucson, Arizona. Those items had been illegally taken from Argentina.

In Utah, dinosaur bones found on private lands may be legally excavated and sold, but it is a crime to dig up and sell fossils discovered on federal or state lands. Charges against the four Utah defendants, who are scheduled to have their initial court appearance later today in Salt Lake City, include conspiracy against the U.S., false labeling, theft of U.S. property, money laundering, and attempted smuggling of goods, among others.

A Dino 🦕 Trafficking Scheme

Beneath Utah’s surface, there’s a rich cache of dinosaur fossils, revealing details about prehistoric animals such as carnivorous allosauruses and spine-backed stegosauruses. Almost three-quarters of the state consists of public lands managed by federal or state agencies, and recent fossil finds there include a huge collection of Utahraptors and an entirely new species, a big-nosed distant relative of Triceratops.

Court documents describing the years-long Utah poaching operation allege that Vint and Donna Wade purchased illegally obtained bones and other fossils to sell at U.S. gem and mineral shows and also to ship to China, and that Jordan Willing and his father Steve Willing trafficked dinosaur bones to China using their company JMW Sales. The documents also allege that two unnamed and unindicted coconspirators illegally excavated fossils from federal lands and sold them off to the Wades.

In total, the Wades sold over $1 million in paleontological material to the Willings, according to the court documents, which were filed in the U.S. District Court in the District of Utah.

The fossil heist also led to $3 million in damages, the federal government claims, including large restoration and repair expenses and the costs of losses to science.

During the years of the alleged smuggling activity, the fossil shipments did sometimes run into problems. One shipment of dinosaur bones that was sent from Scottsdale, Arizona, to China in March 2019 was falsely labeled as items including jasper and wood, but the cargo was ultimately held up in China “due to high radiation levels,” court documents state. The fossilized materials had apparently picked up natural radioactive material over time. (Investigators can sometimes discover the origin of fossils based on radioactive signatures in the specimens that provide clues about where they were buried.)

A scientist tests a dinosaur bone for radiation to help determine its origin. Over time, fossils may pick up naturally occurring radiation from their environment which can help investigators determine where they'd been buried. Photograph By Bureau of Land Management

Each radiation-tested bone was labeled with a unique identifier, and a circle was added to mark where it had been sampled. This fossil had been priced at $4,500. Photograph By Bureau of Land Management

Paleontologists typically remove dinosaur bones using a methodological process designed to limit damage and preserve evidence found in the fossils and their surroundings—information about when dinosaurs lived, what species they were, and sometimes even how they behaved.

Amateur diggers hunting for recognizable body parts to sell, however, generally do not take such care. Federal prosecutors claim that the loss to science from this poaching ring is largely incalculable.

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