Danube terracotta goddess figurine, middle Bronze age, around 1500-1200 BC, excavated in Korbovo, vicinity of Kladovo, eastern Serbia.[1080×1304]
Archaeologists have discovered several Bronze age necropolises in Korbovo, along with many other sites from Neolithic period, Copper and Iron age with numerous valuable and unique findings.
When I see figurines like this I always wonder: how do they know that this is the statue of “such and such god” in comparison to, say, just a normal figurine of a person? How is this determined despite a missing head and so much fading away on it?
Specifically to this context, how do we know it’s one of their gods and not just a normal house decoration that we would find in any of our modern homes for the sheer purpose of art?
I am genuinely curious how this process works in archeology.
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When I see figurines like this I always wonder: how do they know that this is the statue of “such and such god” in comparison to, say, just a normal figurine of a person? How is this determined despite a missing head and so much fading away on it?
Specifically to this context, how do we know it’s one of their gods and not just a normal house decoration that we would find in any of our modern homes for the sheer purpose of art?
I am genuinely curious how this process works in archeology.