A female figurine from the basal Aurignacian of Hohle Fels Cave in southwestern Germany

@article{Conard2009AFF,
  title={A female figurine from the basal Aurignacian of Hohle Fels Cave in southwestern Germany},
  author={N. Conard},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2009},
  volume={459},
  pages={248-252}
}
  • N. Conard
  • Published 2009
  • Biology, Medicine
  • Nature
Despite well over 100 years of research and debate, the origins of art remain contentious. In recent years, abstract depictions have been documented at southern African sites dating to ∼75 kyr before present (bp), and the earliest figurative art, which is often seen as an important proxy for advanced symbolic communication, has been documented in Europe as dating to between 30 and 40 kyr bp. Here I report the discovery of a female mammoth-ivory figurine in the basal Aurignacian deposit at Hohle… Expand
View on Nature
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
245 Citations
Highly Influential Citations
12
Background Citations
63
Methods Citations
5

245 Citations

Citation Type

Citation Type

Archaeology: Origins of the female image
Evaluating Aurignacian Art in Iberia... if it Really Exists
The Use of Ochre and Painting During the Upper Paleolithic of the Swabian Jura in the Context of the Development of Ochre Use in Africa and Europe
Bondi Cave and the Middle-Upper Palaeolithic transition in western Georgia (south Caucasus)
The 40,000-Year-Old Female Figurine of Hohle Fels: Previous Assumptions and New Perspectives
AMS 14C dating the Protoaurignacian/Early Aurignacian of Isturitz, France. Implications for Neanderthal–modern human interaction and the timing of technical and cultural innovations in Europe
A new Aurignacian engraving from Abri Blanchard, France: Implications for understanding Aurignacian graphic expression in Western and Central Europe
Reassessing the Aurignacian of Slovenia: techno-economic behaviour and direct dating of osseous projectile points.
Science, the Media, and Interpretations of Upper Paleolithic Figurines
Rock Art Dating and the Peopling of the Americas
...
1
2
3
4
5
...

References

SHOWING 1-10 OF 42 REFERENCES
Palaeolithic ivory sculptures from southwestern Germany and the origins of figurative art
Radiocarbon dating the late Middle Paleolithic and the Aurignacian of the Swabian Jura.
Unexpectedly recent dates for human remains from Vogelherd
Makers of the early Aurignacian of Europe.
Radiocarbon dating the appearance of modern humans and timing of cultural innovations in Europe: new results and new challenges.
Petřkovice. On shouldered points and female figurines.
At the end of the 14C time scale--the Middle to Upper Paleolithic record of western Eurasia.
Emergence of Modern Human Behavior: Middle Stone Age Engravings from South Africa
A 14C age calibration curve for the last 60 ka: the Greenland-Hulu U/Th timescale and its impact on understanding the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in Western Eurasia.
From Tools to Symbols: from Early Hominids to Modern Humans, edited by Francesco d'Errico & Lucinda Backwell, 2005. Johannesburg: Wits University Press; ISBN 1-86814-434-8 hardback £38.94 & US$59.95; ISBN 1-86814-411-9 paperback £26.49 & US$39.95; xxxii+574 pp., 140 figs., 33 tables
...
1
2
3
4
5
...