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Abstract
Cycladic figurines were marble statuettes produced in the islands of the Cyclades in the third millennium
bce
. They depict mostly nude females and are widely thought to represent fertility deities, although other interpretations are also proposed. Carved in highly abstract styles, they became very popular among twentieth‐century modernist artists and also among looters. They have been found in tombs, settlements, and in an extraordinary deposit on the island of Keros, which contained hundreds of broken figurines and may have been the site of a prehistoric sanctuary.
Title: Cycladic figurines
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Abstract
Cycladic figurines were marble statuettes produced in the islands of the Cyclades in the third millennium
bce
.
They depict mostly nude females and are widely thought to represent fertility deities, although other interpretations are also proposed.
Carved in highly abstract styles, they became very popular among twentieth‐century modernist artists and also among looters.
They have been found in tombs, settlements, and in an extraordinary deposit on the island of Keros, which contained hundreds of broken figurines and may have been the site of a prehistoric sanctuary.
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