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    The Venus of Lespugue is a Venus figurine, a statuette of a female figure of the Gravettian, dated to between 26,000 and 24,000 years ago. It was discovered...
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    Lespugue (French pronunciation: [lɛspyɡ]; Occitan: Era Espuga) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Venus of Lespugue...
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    contemporary with the other Palaeolithic Venus figurines, such as those of Lespugue, Dolní Věstonice, Willendorf, etc. Nonetheless, it is distinguished among...
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    found across Eurasia is depicted as wearing a "string skirt" (the Venus of Lespugue, dated to 25,000 years ago). Barber notes that not only is each twist in...
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    France, c. 23,000 BC Male figurine, mammoth ivory, Anthropos, Brno Venus of Lespugue Venus of Dolní Věstonice Female figurines, Gravettian, Anthropos, Brno...
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    Lavernose-Lacasse Layrac-sur-Tarn Lécussan Lège Léguevin Lescuns Lespinasse Lespiteau Lespugue Lestelle-de-Saint-Martory Lévignac Lherm Lieoux Lilhac Lodes Longages Loubens-Lauragais...
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    Austria 25,000 year old Venus from Kostenki, Russia 25,000 year old Venus of Lespugue from France Gravettian Venus of Dolní Věstonice from Czech Republic Cro-Magnons...
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    after the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution, most notably the Venus of Lespugue and the Greco-Roman deities such as Circe or Charybdis: the former venerated...
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    of Laussel 25,000 Southern France limestone, but a relief 1911 Venus of Lespugue 24,000–26,000 French Pyrenees ivory 1922 Venus of Willendorf 24,000–26...
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    Several Venus figurines, including the Venus of Brassempouy and the Venus of Lespugue, were made from this material. Weapons made from ivory, such as daggers...
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