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{{Short description|Upper Paleolithic structure}}
{{Infobox artefact|image=Laténium-dame-Monruz.jpg
|created={{circa|9,000 BC}} 
|material=[[Jet (gemstone)|Jet]]
|discovered_place=[[Neuchâtel]], [[Canton of Neuchâtel]], [[Switzerland]]
|discovered_date=1991
|height=1.8 cm
}}
The '''Venus of Monruz''' (also Venus of Neuchâtel, Venus of Neuchâtel-Monruz) is a [[Venus figurine]] of the late [[Upper Paleolithic]], or the beginning [[Epipaleolithic]], dating to the end of the [[Magdalenian]], some 11,000 years ago. It is a black [[Jet (lignite)|jet]] [[pendant]] in the shape of a stylized human body, measuring 18&nbsp;mm in height. It was  discovered in 1991, at the construction of the [[N5 road (Switzerland)|N5]] highway, at Monruz in the municipality of [[Neuchâtel]], [[Switzerland]].

The [[Venus figurines of Petersfels]] from a site near [[Engen, Germany]], bear remarkable resemblance to the Venus of Monruz. Especially the biggest of them, called ''Venus from Engen''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.einzigartige-museen.de/2012/07/staedtisches-museum-engen/venus-von-engen-foto-museum/ |title=Venus von Engen, Foto Museum &#124; Einzigartige Museen in Deutschland |access-date=26 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326231135/http://www.einzigartige-museen.de/2012/07/staedtisches-museum-engen/venus-von-engen-foto-museum/ |archive-date=2017-03-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref> may have been done by the same artist. It is also made of jet, and also dates to{{clarify|date=March 2024}} the Magdalenian – to {{circa|15,000}} years ago. The sites of discovery of the two figurines are about 130&nbsp;km apart.

==See also==
*[[Art of the Upper Paleolithic]]
*[[List of Stone Age art]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.donsmaps.com/venusmonruz.html/ Don Hitchcock (Don's Maps): "Venuses of Neuchatel-Monruz"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326180202/https://donsmaps.com/venusmonruz.html |date=2021-03-26}}

{{Venus figurines}}

[[Category:Venus figurines|Monruz]]
[[Category:Magdalenian]]
[[Category:Neuchâtel]]
[[Category:Archaeological discoveries in Switzerland]]
[[Category:Prehistoric art in Switzerland]]
[[Category:1991 archaeological discoveries]]


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