Venus from Savignano
height 22 cm (approx. 8 3/4")
(Aurignacian-Perigordian Period)



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Women in Prehistory
The "Venus" of Savignano

Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe



       The "Venus" of Savignano, from Savignano sul Punaro, near Modena, Italy, was found in 1925.


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