on Feb 19, 2016
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| 1. topsoil (thickness | 40 cm to 50 cm) | Height 87 mm
H. 53,71, 96 mm
Height 44 mm
Height 94 mm
Height 125 mm
Figure is 13 cm (= 5,1 inches) high
Exact professional replica, made of resin
He is standing on the archaeological layer of Mal'ta, on the terrace, which is 400 metres long, and the archaeological layer had an average width of 20 metres
3. light yellow clay, more or less cracked, barren, thickness: 40 to 50 cm
4. silt of darker yellow appearance, laminated (thickness: 30 to 45 cm), which seems to form the upper soil layer containing the principal archaeological finds of Mal'ta
5. dark yellow loam, more clayey, with lenses of coarse sand and reddish clay (average thickness: 50 cm)
6. clayey sand, gradually rising to a formation of pebbles, this layer, whose total thickness is 3 metres, lies on the Cambrian limestone bedrock
This main archaeological layer of Mal'ta is known for a length of 400 metres and an average width of 20 metres
The average height is 72 mm
Figurine, Mal'ta, height 96 mm
Although the largest measures 136 mm and the smallest 31 mm, still they fall into two major groups, with the first having heights from 40 to 45 mm, the second group having heights between 85 and 95 mm
Venus figure 134 mm high, 22 000 - 21 000 BP
87 mm high
(left) Figurine, Mal'ta, Height 42 mm, Width 8 mm
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