Alexandra
ombraI have long wondered about the body shapes of prehistoric finds like the #Venus of #Willendorf. From today's perspective, I would assume that there were actually no obese people in the #IceAge. But since the figures are very close to life, there must have been really fat people at that time. Surely others have also thought about it. What are some thoughts about this? How can it be that Ice Age people knew obese body shapes so well?
Maybe @ninawillburger has an answer?
Nina Willburger@ombra there are various theories, e. g. it was argued that those statuettes symbolized the hope for a well-nourished community
@ninawillburger @ombra @archaeodons Well, this is absolutely not my field of expertise, but I suppose you would need to ingest quite a lot of fat to survive any Ice Age winter... I remember that a few years ago a (pregnant) archaeologist had a theory that the figurines were made by pregnant women looking at their own body in a time when there were no mirrors. She took photos of her own body from her eyes perspective and the curves you can see from up there were indeed really similar !
@berangere444 @ninawillburger @archaeodons
Thank you for your answers!
Maybe it is a question for the #anthropology or it will be ever to speculative for an answer.