Venus
figurines, statues dated between 
27,000 and 26,000 years ago, depict women with exaggerated reproductive
and sexual parts. Scientists think that these were used as a universal artistic
symbol; a sign of recognition between peoples. While some male figurines
have been uncovered, the vast majority of the figurines found in the late
Paleolithic represent women. In the Gravettian period (26,000 years ago,)
the first fired ceramic figurines appeared. Kilns, as well as fragments
of figurines, have been found at sites in Russia and Europe. It is common
to find these broken leaving room for questioning why?
