The “Venus” of Mauern

... The figurine was found in the Gravettian layers, dated to 29 k.a. BP on 24th August 1948. The lithic industry has affinities both to the Pavlovien and eastern Gravettian at Kostenki (Microgravettes, Flechettes, splintered pieces which are only known from the eastern Gravettian) but ther are also affinities to the Swabian sites on the basis of similar kinds of personal ornaments, in particular the presence of abundant ivory pendants of tear-drop shape known also from the Gravettian layers of the  Brillenhöhle, and the Obere Klause near Kelheim.

The so called “Rote von Mauern” is a 72 mm tall, red ochre colored limestone figurine, found on the outer slope between cavities two and three. In the 1950-80ies there were unverified stories, that the figure could be a fake. A detailled report to exclude this possibility has unfortunately never been published. This figurine can be read in different ways: as a stylized woman but it have also elements of a phallic figure...
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