A new face for the Gravettian. Exceptionnal discovery of a female statuette at Amiens-Renancourt 1 (France)

IF 1.5 2区历史学 0 ARCHAEOLOGY

Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports Pub Date : 2025-07-08 DOI:10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105285

Clément Paris , Émeline Deneuve , Claire Brière , David Hérisson , Pierre Antoine , Paule Coudret , Sylvie Coutard , Jean-Pierre Fagnart , Nejma Goutas , Jessica Lacarriere , Olivier Moine , Caroline Peschaux , Maxence Toubin

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Abstract

This article describes a sculpted head with a highly detailed face and headpiece, unearthed in 2021 at the Amiens-Renancourt 1 site. Since 2013, excavations at this Gravettian site have yielded one of the largest collections of female statuettes in Europe. Up until recently, most of the Gravettian female figurines in Western Europe had been found at ancient excavations using expeditious excavation methods, whereas the well-preserved statuettes from Amiens-Renancourt 1 come from a well-studied stratigraphic context using modern excavation methodology.

All of the statuettes display typical Gravettian characteristics. The female attributes are often very pronounced, while the extremities are not very detailed. The head presented in this article stands out somewhat from the rest of the corpus. The face is structured around the nose and eyes, with two prominent cheeks. The neck ends in a transverse fracture. If we follow the anatomical line of the nape of the neck, the carriage of the head is very distinctive, with an upward gaze. In addition to the exceptional presence of a face, this head is adorned with a headpiece extending from the forehead to the nape of the neck with decoration divided into three distinct types incised on the top and back of the head.

After a description of this sculpted head, the discussion contextualises this sculpture in the round in the European Gravettian statuary.

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格拉维特人的新面孔。法国亚眠-勒南古1号发现一尊女性雕像

这篇文章描述了2021年在亚眠-勒南库尔1号遗址出土的一个有着非常详细的面部和头饰的雕刻头像。自2013年以来，在格拉维特遗址的挖掘工作中，发现了欧洲最大的女性雕像收藏之一。直到最近，西欧大多数格拉维特女性雕像都是通过快速挖掘方法在古代挖掘中发现的，而亚曼-勒南库尔1号保存完好的小雕像则是通过现代挖掘方法在地层环境中得到充分研究的。所有的小雕像都展示了典型的格拉维特特征。女性特征通常非常明显，而四肢却不是很详细。本文中呈现的标题在语料库的其余部分中有些突出。面部结构围绕鼻子和眼睛，有两个突出的脸颊。脖子的末端是横向骨折。如果我们沿着颈背的解剖线，头部的姿态非常独特，目光向上。除了脸的独特存在之外，这个头部还装饰着一个从前额延伸到颈背的头饰，装饰分为三种不同的类型，分别在头部的顶部和后部切割。在对这个雕刻的头部进行描述之后，讨论将这个雕塑与欧洲格拉维特雕像进行了全面的联系。

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期刊介绍： Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports is aimed at archaeologists and scientists engaged with the application of scientific techniques and methodologies to all areas of archaeology. The journal focuses on the results of the application of scientific methods to archaeological problems and debates. It will provide a forum for reviews and scientific debate of issues in scientific archaeology and their impact in the wider subject. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports will publish papers of excellent archaeological science, with regional or wider interest. This will include case studies, reviews and short papers where an established scientific technique sheds light on archaeological questions and debates.