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The Venus of Monruz (also Venus of Neuchâtel, Venus of Neuchâtel-Monruz) is a
Don Hitchcock (Don's Maps): "Venuses of Neuchatel-Monruz"
Monruz Magdalenian Neuchâtel Archaeological discoveries in Switzerland Prehistoric art in Switzerland 1991 archaeological discoveries {{Switzerland-stub
The Venus of Monruz (also Venus of Neuchâtel, Venus of Neuchâtel-Monruz) is a Venus figurine
A Venus figurine is any Upper Palaeolithic statuette portraying a woman, usually carved in the round.Fagan, Brian M., Beck, Charlotte, "Venus Figurines", ''The Oxford Companion to Archaeology'', 1996, Oxford University Press, pp. 740–741 Most ...
of the late Upper Paleolithic
The Upper Paleolithic (or Upper Palaeolithic) is the third and last subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age. Very broadly, it dates to between 50,000 and 12,000 years ago (the beginning of the Holocene), according to some theories coin ...
, or the beginning Epipaleolithic, dating to the end of the Magdalenian, some 11,000 years ago. It is a black jet pendant
A pendant is a loose-hanging piece of jewellery, generally attached by a small loop to a necklace, which may be known as a "pendant necklace". A pendant earring is an earring with a piece hanging down. Its name stems from the Latin word ' ...
in the shape of a stylized human body, measuring 18 mm in height. It was discovered in 1991, at the construction of the N5 highway, at Monruz in the municipality of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
The Venus figurines of Petersfels from a site near Engen, Germany
Engen is a town in the district of Konstanz, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 12 km northwest of Singen, and 15 km south of Tuttlingen.
City structure
History
Engen has been proved by documentary evidence in the ...
, bear remarkable resemblance to the Venus of Monruz. Especially the biggest of them, called ''Venus from Engen'' may have been done by the same artist. It is also made of jet, and also dates to the Magdalenian - to ca. 15,000 years ago. The sites of discovery of the two figurines are about 130 km apart.
See also
*Art of the Upper Paleolithic
The art of the Upper Paleolithic represents the oldest form of prehistoric art. Figurative art is present in Europe and Southeast Asia, beginning between about 40,000 to 35,000 years ago.
Non-figurative cave paintings, consisting of hand ...
*List of Stone Age art
This is a descriptive list of Stone Age art, the period of prehistory characterised by the widespread use of stone tools. This article contains, by sheer volume of the artwork discovered, a very incomplete list of the works of the painters, sculpt ...
References
External links
Don Hitchcock (Don's Maps): "Venuses of Neuchatel-Monruz"
Monruz Magdalenian Neuchâtel Archaeological discoveries in Switzerland Prehistoric art in Switzerland 1991 archaeological discoveries {{Switzerland-stub