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What's on the "Venus" of Willendorf's Head? | Hannah, Substack

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and what can she tell us about ancient gender roles?

What's on the "Venus" of Willendorf's Head? and what can she tell us about ancient gender roles? Hannah Dec 16, 2024 832 54 112 Share She’s an Upper Paleolithic Icon. Even if you don’t know her name, you probably recognize her curves. She is a small figurine (11 cm) found in Austria, carved from imported limestone around 30,000 years ago. I actually described some other well known European “Venuses” in my first Archaeolog . This type of figurine is one of our first glimpses into ancient art and ancient concepts of gender and sexuality. However, calling these types of figurines “Venuses” is ana

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