Thread by @jens2go

Some #SundayArchaeology #Paleolithic haute couture:

These ab. 25-30k y/o so-called #Venus figurines have been discussed a lot as religious, health & fertility symbols, & mother goddesses.

But some of them offer s glimpse at another interesting, often overlooked details …

A number of these figures also show a couple of details which might be interpreted as headdress - and even #clothing from the Upper #Paleolithic #Gravettian (of which we have little evidence otherwise).

There has been, however, some interesting research on such #iconographic evidence for #clothing, e.g. by O. Soffer et al. in Archaeology Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia 1(1), 2000:

researchgate.net/profile/David-…

Not to forget @LeMoustier's great 2013 @guardian essay on the question "Who invented #clothes?"

theguardian.com/science/siftin…

And then there's further indirect evidence, like e.g. the #Gravettian #FabricImpressions from #DolniVestonice:

donsmaps.com/dolnivpottery.…

Also see O. Soffer et al., Perishable Industries from #DolníVestonice I: New Insights into the Nature and Origin of the #Gravettian, Archaeology Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia 2(6), 2001:

researchgate.net/profile/David-…

And from #Georgia's #DzudzuanaCave comes further evidence for 30,000 y/o twisted, i.e. spun, #flax fibres:

npr.org/templates/stor…

See also: E. Kvavadze et al., 30,000-Year-Old Wild #Flax Fibers, Science 325(5946), October 2009:

researchgate.net/profile/Anna-B…

And this work by B. L. Hardy et al. in Sci Rep 10, 4889 (2020) on further "evidence of #Neanderthal #fibre technology".

(h/t and many thanks to @JCMorenodeSousa!)

https://twitter.com/JCMorenodeSousa/status/1503135670612725766