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(a)(b)Figure 4.5 Pistil- or fruit-
shaped Neolithic female figurines.
A. “Hamangian type” from
Dobruja, in Bulgaria/ Romania,
dating from 5000 bce. B. Seated
“snake goddess” from Neolithic
Crete, ca. 5,500 bce. C. Rattles in
the shape of a pregnant woman
from a grave that also included
richly painted black- on- red
bowls. Vykhvatintsi, Soviet
Moldavia, Lake Cucuteni, fourth
millennium bce.
From Gimbutas, M. (1982), The
Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe: Myths
and Cult Images. University of California
Press, pp. 202, 204.