Modelling symbols among the first-sedentary communities: Emergence of clay figurines in Epipaleolithic Southwest Asia (IMAGE)

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Modelling symbols among the first-sedentary communities: Emergence of clay figurines in Epipaleolithic Southwest Asia

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Natufian figurines depicting waterfowls, a bird of prey and a human-bird (woman-goose) interaction, modelled in clay 15,000 years ago (left) and 12,000 years ago (right), discovered at the sites of Eynan-Mallaha and Nahal Ein Gev II (Upper Jordan Valley).

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Laurent Davin, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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