The settlement of Via Guidorossi (Parma) is a site of notable interest which has a rather long chronological span of life, from prehistory to Roman times: here we will refer to the most ancient phase, which covers a good part of the Middle Neolithic (I and II phase of the culture of Square Mouth Vessels), looking…
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The site of Camaro S. Anna (ME), located on a terrace overlooking the upper course of the wide Camaro-Zaera river valley, was explored in the 1991s in two different excavation campaigns (1996; 1997-XNUMX). We are located on the first foothills of the Peloritani Mountains, south-west of Messina. Excavations have revealed…
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The anthropomorphic statuette, in steatite, has an elongated cylindrical shape and, albeit in its originality, has some characteristics that refer to the world of the Venuses, such as the representation of the breasts and slightly protruding belly, but without the typical exuberance that usually distinguishes. In the head, oval in shape, the…
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Within the representations of the Mother Goddess belonging to the culture of Ozieri (or San Michele) [1], there is the Mother Goddess of Porto Ferro. It is the representation of a naked and erect female figure with a circular head and face slightly angled upwards, a long and thin neck,…
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It is probably the oldest anthropomorphic representation found in Sardinia, even if its dating is uncertain. The uncertainty is also due to the uniqueness of the figurine which cannot be associated with other finds. It is a statuette made on a pebble of lava rock (basalt or andesite) in an unfinished style, steatopygia,…
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It is about no. 7 statuettes out of a total of 15, found during excavations at the Balzi Rossi complex, a stone's throw from the French border, sold to the Musée des Antiquités Nationales of Saint-Germain-en-Laye in France and dated to the Paleolithic, around 25.000 BC The Balzi Rossi complex, from…
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It is a statuette out of a total of 15, found during the excavations at the Balzi Rossi complex, a stone's throw from the French border, at the Barma Grande at about 6 meters deep, in a layer containing hearths and carved tools typical of the early Epigravettian , dated to 17.000 BC….
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It is about no. 7 statuettes out of a total of 15, found during excavations at the Balzi Rossi complex, dated to the Paleolithic. The Balzi Rossi complex, from the moment it was discovered in the second half of the 800th century, made headlines as one of the most representative monuments of…
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These are various finds of statuettes, at various stages of processing, depicting "mother goddesses" in different positions and in the round, found in the place of production, which is why the site, Structure 15 of the residential area of Female Morta, was nicknamed as “atelier delle veneri”. Among the various finds,…
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It is difficult to say whether this find is a man-made artifact or rather a natural geological formation with very evocative shapes (such as botroids, for example). It looks like a large pebble of sandstone with smooth surfaces: the cap at the top looks like a sketched head, the deep…
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