Venus figurines of Petersfels explained

Created:15,000 to 11,500 years
Material:Jet
Discovered Date:1908
Discovered Place:Engen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

The Venus figurines of Petersfels are several small female statuettes from the Upper Paleolithic era, carved from jet lignite. The tallest figurine is called the Venus of Engen.[1] The figurines were discovered in the Petersfels caves near Engen, Baden-Württemberg, excavated in 1927–1932 by Eduard Peters und Volker Toepfer and then in 1974–1976 and 1978 by Gerd Albrecht.[2] They stand between 1.5 and 4 cm tall and are about 15,000 to 11,500 years old, created during the Magdalenian era. They are housed in the Museums of Freiburg im Breisgau and Engen.

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  1. Web site: Venus von Engen, Foto Museum | Einzigartige Museen in Deutschland. einzigartige-museen.de. 2017-03-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20170326231135/http://www.einzigartige-museen.de/2012/07/staedtisches-museum-engen/venus-von-engen-foto-museum/. 2017-03-26. dead.
  2. See Delporte (1979), S. 129; Müller-Beck & Albrecht (1987), S. 104.