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Submitted by DrewParsons on Thursday, 28 July 2011  Page Views: 5751

Multi-periodSite Name: Dolní Věstonice Alternative Name: Dolni Vestonice
Country: Czech Republic
NOTE: This site is 16.94 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Moravia Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Brno  Nearest Village: Dolní Věstonice
Latitude: 48.888100N  Longitude: 16.643800E
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Dolní Věstonice
Dolní Věstonice submitted by DrewParsons : The Venus of Dolní Věstonice on show during a temporary exhibition at the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna in September 2008 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the finding of the similar Venus of Willendorf. Protected from light and behind heavy glass this is the best photo I could obtain. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Moravia

During the Gravettian period between 28000 and 22000 years ago two kilns existed at an archaeological site near Dolní Věstonice south of Brno in The Czech Republic . Some 7000 fired objects have been retrieved from this site, one of which is the 26000 year old ceramic Venus of Dolní Věstonice. The clay fired objects found here are amongst the oldest know examples of ceramics and include simple representations of animals, men, women, personal ornaments and other icons. The amazing aspect of the finds here is the fact that until the discovery of the Venus of Dolní Věstonice all previous models of the "Mother Goddess" had been made of carved stone, bone or ivory. Another striking find here is the mammoth ivory carved figure of a man dated to around 29000 years before present. Burial remains have been found here too with a female skeleton placed with mammoth bones, a flint spearhead and the body of a fox, perhaps a female sharman's burial site.

The world famous Venus of Dolní Věstonice is normally held in a vault and only rarely available for view by professional archaeologists. However, on the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the similar Venus of Willendorf in Lower Austria the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna mounted a special "birthday" celebration for their Venus of Willendorf and invited two other venuses for a unique exhibition. The Venus of Dolní Věstonice was one of these together with the Venus of Moravany from Slovakia. All three original statues were on display for a few weeks in September 2008 and I was lucky enough to see all three at the museum, albeit in very subdued lighting and behind thick glass to protect them.
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Dolni Vestonice
Dolni Vestonice submitted by Thorgrim : The Black Venus of Dolni Vestonice, Czech Republic. Palaeolithic. Height 11cm Found in 1924. An incredible 26,000 years old, this Ice Age "Goddess" figure was made from fired burnt soil. Copy by Peter Herring - one of a series of reproductions of ancient art (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolní Věstonice
Dolní Věstonice submitted by Alta-Falisa : Introducing Mrs Věstonická Venuše (replica). Photo : SEP.2019. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolní Věstonice
Dolní Věstonice submitted by Alta-Falisa : Two (slim) Venuses (replicas), from Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Photo : SEP.2019. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolní Věstonice
Dolní Věstonice submitted by Alta-Falisa : Dolní Věstonice Museum. Unfortunately no data. Most probably a replica, because such a precious artefact requires to be preserved like the Jewels of the Crown. Photo : SEP.2019. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolní Věstonice
Dolní Věstonice submitted by Alta-Falisa : Gravetian. Origin : Russia, Voronezh Oblast. Replica. Photo : SEP.2019 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolní Věstonice
Dolní Věstonice submitted by Alta-Falisa : "Falzum Venuše", Museum of Dolní Věstonice. Photo : SEP.2019.

Dolní Věstonice
Dolní Věstonice submitted by Alta-Falisa : First photos and description of the Mrs Dolní Věstonice / Věstonická venuše. More : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_of_Doln%C3%AD_V%C4%9Bstonice

Dolní Věstonice
Dolní Věstonice submitted by Alta-Falisa : As already said, the "Archeologická Expozice" is rather small. The collections are supplemented, on first floor, with three rooms dedicated to ethnography and zoology. SEP.2019.

Dolní Věstonice
Dolní Věstonice submitted by Alta-Falisa : As already said, the "Archeologická Expozice" is rather small and consists mainly in reproductions of "Venuses" and ordinary utensils (e.g. flints), exhibited on the ground floor. The collections are supplemented, on first floor, with three rooms more dedicated to ethnography and zoology. SEP.2019.

Dolní Věstonice
Dolní Věstonice submitted by Alta-Falisa : The Landlady welcomes you at the entrance of the "Archeologická Expozice". SEP.2019.

Dolní Věstonice
Dolní Věstonice submitted by Alta-Falisa : An oversize Venus waves you good bye along the road leading to Pavlov, where a brand new museum awaits you (see separate entry). SEP.2019

Dolní Věstonice
Dolní Věstonice submitted by Alta-Falisa : Dolní Věstonice : the small museum, called "Archeologická Expozice", is located at a T-junction, in front of road 420 which leads to Strachotín, exactly at (48.8881, 16.6438). Entrance by the side of the building. Photo : SEP.2019.

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Beaker barrows and the houses of dead - Jan Turek by Andy B on Monday, 12 November 2018
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Beaker barrows and the houses of dead - Jan Turek

To discuss the question on missing evidence of barrows of the late Eneolithic Corded Ware and Bell Beaker period in Central Europe. A variety of problems of demographic representation of cemeteries, burial customs and spatial structure of funerary areas are connected to the missing barrows. The crucial aim of this paper is to emphasise the variability of late Eneolithic funerary monuments, including the discussion on burial chambers and circular ditches, yet another type of funerary construction without an earthed mound that may be described as houses of dead.

From Archaeology of Burial Mounds, Ladislav Šmejda (ed.) Henrik Thrane & Jan Turek (associated editors)

https://www.academia.edu/2524309/Archaeology_of_Burial_Mounds_Ladislav_%C5%A0mejda_ed._Henrik_Thrane_and_Jan_Turek_associated_editors_
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Re: Dolní Věstonice AND STONE CHARLES SEALSFIELD by Anonymous on Thursday, 10 November 2011
DEAR LADY/SIRS

I WAS TRAVELLING MOSTLY NEARBY DYJE RIVER VALLEY ..NOW SO CALLED REGION PODYJI NATURAL PARK PROTECTED ACORDING TO ACT HERE IN NEARBY VILLAGE WAS BORN MAN WHICH NAME WAS KAREL POSTL
MONK ...NICKNAMED IN THE USA CHARLES SEALSFIELD... WHICH BECAME LATER ON ONE OF THE FAMOUS WRITERS IN THE USA ...HE WROTE BEAUTIFUL BOOK ABOUT INDIAN PRINCES ...THE NAME OF THE STORY IS TOKEAH - WHITE ROSE
CHARLES SEALSFIELD LOVED THIS DYJE RIVER REGION ....AND ACCORDING HIS NAME IS HERE ON HIGH CLIFF GREATE STONE (INSCRIPTED BY PRINT NAMED CURRENT -OLD GERMAN INSCRIPTION USED THAT TIME) CARVED IN STONE "THIS PLACE WAS VISITED BY CHARLES SEALSFIELD ....).
THE VERY PLACE IS NOW CALLED "CHARLES SEALSFIELD STONE"...
IT IS WORH-SEEING PLACE ..BE ADVICED TO ALL VISITORS VISITING WINERY REGION NEAR ZNOJMO TOWN TO SEE THIS CHARMING PLACE.
SEE
The Sealsfield rock viewpoint
http://www.hotelhappystar.com/hotel-neighborhood/podyji/
ROUND - VIEW WITH WELLKNOWN WINERY ....Šobes vineyard in the Podyjí National Park.
Sealsfieldův kámen (Sealsfield?s Stone) - Lookout on a high cliff above the Dyje River, former favourite location for the writer Charles Sealsfield - see Popice.
http://www.czechtourism.com/what-to-see/Other-interesting-sights/Natural-parks-and-places-of-interest-%281%29/Podyji-National-Park.aspx


Popice - Church of St. Sigismund from the 2nd half of the 13th century, rebuilt as baroque in the 17th century, narrow cellared streets. Karel Postl, a writer famous under the pseudonym Charles Sealsfield, was born in the village. His family house, with a memorial plaque, is located next to the parsonage. In the vicinity of the village is a protected territory of a steppe character - Popické kopečky, Na Suchém vrchu (Pustém kopci) (Popice Hill, On the Dry Peak (Desolation Hill)), along the green markings is a nature preserve, a rich locale for thermophilic flowers.
http://www.znojmocity.cz/EN/vismo/dokumenty2.asp?id_org=100451&id=1111&p1=8840

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sealsfield
http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14393/

http://www.archive.org/stream/charlessealsfiel00faus#page/n5/mode/2up
http://www.archive.org/stream/charlessealsfiel00fausrich#page/n7/mode/2up



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