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Most of the interpretaions are pretty patriarchal and sexist but this would have been identified as a goddess by archaeologist Marija Gimbutas. See video on Gimbutas in the post below.
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UPDATE: Great New Article - God the Mother or Paleolithic Porn? by Dale Allen at the Huffington Post
AP: Ivory sculpture in Germany could be world's oldest
Video from Nature
Venus of Hohle Fels from Wikipedia
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On my OriginsNet blog I propose that this figurine is covered with geometric signs and scarification marks, and interpret these as evidence for female puberty initiation rituals, with parallel to later Gravettian 'Double Goddess' (grandmother-mother-daughter) symbolism that continues into the Neolithic of Europe.
http://www.originsnet.org/bulletinb.html
Scroll down to my June 12, 2009 post where I indicate the geometric signs.
JB Harrod
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