Dolní Věstonice, Czechia (~31–27 ka, Gravettian): fired loess-clay figurines—“Venus,” animals, pellets—mark the earliest known ceramics; firing ~500–800 °C. #PaleoPost #HumanOrigins #Gravettian #Ceramics
Paper: www.researchgate.net/profile/Jiri...
#Archaeology is about people.
People like the #Gravettian hunter who, 30,000 years ago in southern Moravia, lost or dropped his pouch containing a well-used tool kit of stone blades and points, (including partially broken pieces he could've let go a lot earlier):
🏺 archaeology.org/news/2025/09...
Ice Age French figurine reveals 27,000‑year‑old braided hairstyle
Archaeologists found a tiny stone figurine with a braided hairstyle at Amiens‑Renancourt 1 in northern France; it dates to about 27,000 years ago and suggests a Gravettian workshop. getnews.me/ice-age-french-figurine-... #gravettian #iceage #french
Early habitation of Central #Iberia by #Homosapiens adapting to a harsh climate. Evidence from the faunal remains points towards multiple human occupations between 36,200–26,260 years ago, during the #Aurignacian and #Gravettian periods.
archaeologymag.com/2025/09/earl...
Early habitation of Central #Iberia by #Homosapiens adapting to a harsh climate. Evidence from the faunal remains points towards multiple human occupations between 36,200–26,260 years ago, during the #Aurignacian and #Gravettian periods […]
A 27,000-year-old figurine from northern France shows patterned hair or netting, hinting at Ice Age style and identity. More than survival, Gravettian hunters carved fashion into stone. #Archaeology #Paleolithic #HumanEvolution #Gravettian #Anthropology
Gravettian female statuette head discovered at the Amiens-Renancourt site 1 Credit: Stéphane Lancelot / Inrap
A 27,000-year-old figurine with an exceptionally detailed face rewrites the #history of #prehistoric #art.
#Archaeologists uncovered a #Gravettian chalk statuette 🪆 2.1 cm tall, with carved facial features and grid-like patterns on the back that may depict […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
A new face for the #Gravettian
'This article describes a sculpted head with a highly detailed face and headpiece, unearthed in 2021 at the Amiens-Renancourt 1 site. Since 2013, excavations at this Gravettian site have yielded one of the largest collections of female statuettes in Europe' […]
A 27,000-year-old female figurine head discovered in northern France shows rare facial detail and headdress patterns, suggesting identity and artistry in Upper Paleolithic life. #Gravettian #Archaeology #PaleolithicArt #VenusFigurines
#History #Philippines #environment #LupangPangako #Manila #MPLA #Angola #Portugal #UNITA #MarxismLeninism #NorthKorea #Korea #Chochiwon
#Archaeology #Venus #DolníVěstonice #paleolithic #Gravettian
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
🥳 Congratulations to the artist, @Ullilust.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy ! 🦣⚱️ She gives colour to #Palaeolithic ( #Gravettian) lives and our #science, #Archaeology. Futhermore, she shows female images in an otherwise still strongly male focused narrative of the past. Bravo!
🦴 New #zooarchaeology paper out! Study of the faunal remains of layer 18b, Final #Gravettian, of #GrottaPaglicci!
Research Unit of Prehistory and Anthropology - #UniSiena
#UpperPalaeolithic
🦣🌿🏺
Fire was a cultural hallmark of the Gravettian, not just a survival tool. New research from Fuente del Salín suggests systematic fire use, challenging assumptions about Ice Age adaptations. #HumanEvolution #Paleolithic #Gravettian #Archaeology
The History Giles: Epigravettian Culture
#Epigravettian Culture: this led the way into the #EuropeanMesolithic in its core territory in the #Carpathian basin, emerging about 3.5 millennia after the final end of the #Gravettian.
www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsEur...
#history #historyfiles #mesolithic #europe #archaeology #ancienteurope
Paglicci 25 female
Upper Paleolithic Italy
Gravettian c.26,000 ybp
Paglicci 25, Paglicci Cave in Italy.
Female 25-35 years old at the time of her death(?)
Height 5ft 2-3 inches(?)
#AncientEuropeans #Gravettian #Robust #Italy
Sunghir 1
Upper Paleolithic
Early Gravettian
Central Russia
28-30,000ybp
#sunghir #gravettian #upperpaleolithic #ancienteuropeans
Archaeology never gets boring, never.
Exhibit A: New study shedding some bright light on #Gravettian cultural #diversity - the distinct ornaments and jewellery of #IceAge Europe, 30,000 years...
Archaeology 🏺 never gets boring, never.
Exhibit A: New study shedding some bright light on #Gravettian cultural #diversity - the distinct ornaments and jewellery of #IceAge Europe, 30,000 years ago.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/anci... by @sarahemilywild.bsky.social via @sciam.bsky.social
Original study:
Chr. Baumann et. al, Evidence for #HunterGatherer impacts on #raven diet and ecology in the #Gravettian of Southern Moravia, @NatureEcoEvo 2023. 🔐💵
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02107-8
#Gravettian diversity: How according #aDNA prehistoric #Europe's #population was much more dynamic than traditional archaeological methods and models would have implied.
www.science.org/content/article/ancient-... by @spoke32 via @ScienceMagazine
After last week's #SundayArchaeology thread on #Gravettian 'venus' figurines and #Paleolithic fashion found some interest - how about continuing this week with a closer look at their #headdress?
Also see O. Soffer et al., Perishable Industries from #DolníVestonice I: New Insights into the Nature and Origin of the #Gravettian, Archaeology Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia 2(6),...
And then there's further indirect evidence, like e.g. the #Gravettian #FabricImpressions from #DolniVestonice:
https://www.donsmaps.com/dolnivpottery.html
A number of these figures also show a couple of details which might be interpreted as headdress - and even #clothing from the Upper #Paleolithic #Gravettian (of which we have little evidence otherwise).
One of most fascinating #Paleolithic burials, 2 #Gravettian babies buried at #KremsWachtberg (Austria) 32k yrs ago, embedded in red ochre & covered w/ mammoth scapula, has been revisited - w/ amazing results (Teschler-Nicola et al., @CommsBio 3, 2020...
#Gravettian human bone accumulations deposited on the floor of #GrotteDeCussac, a decorated #Paleolithic cave, including displacement and removal of elements indicate complex #mortuary behaviors and exceptional preservation illustrated an Upper Paleolithic mortuary #landscape.
Fascinating study on #Gravettian #mortuary practices and perspectives on Upper #Paleolithic #SocialComplexity:
S. Kacki et al., Complex mortuary dynamics in the Upper Paleolithic of the decorated #GrotteDeCussac, #France, @PNASNews 117(26), 2020....
#Gravettian mortuary ritual always has been offering a quite special window into the Upper #Paleolithic.
This new study adds a bit more context and more examples for this fascinating phenomenon:
S. Kacki et al., @PNASNews 15 June...
