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Similar figurines which have been found in vast numbers all over the Balkans, as popularized by Gimbutas in the 70s belong to a far wider Mediterranean Early Neolithic 'goddess' tradition, which inevitably may have its most extreme contemporary counterparts in the far north of France, judging from other cultural connexions between the Somme and the Med/Languedoc neolithic cultures.

http://slowmuse.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/gimbutas-old-europe/

http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~gloria/Goddess.html

Gimbutas' book is the classic in this respect, though still highly debated, yet it shows a wide collection of figurines in its pages:

http://www.amazon.com/Living-Goddesses-Marija-Gimbutas/dp/0520229150/ref=pd_sim_b_1

Annexus Quam wrote:
Similar figurines which have been found in vast numbers all over the Balkans, as popularized by Gimbutas in the 70s belong to a far wider Mediterranean Early Neolithic 'goddess' tradition, which inevitably may have its most extreme contemporary counterparts in the far north of France, judging from other cultural connexions between the Somme and the Med/Languedoc neolithic cultures.

http://slowmuse.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/gimbutas-old-europe/

http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~gloria/Goddess.html

Gimbutas' book is the classic in this respect, though still highly debated, yet it shows a wide collection of figurines in its pages:

http://www.amazon.com/Living-Goddesses-Marija-Gimbutas/dp/0520229150/ref=pd_sim_b_1

Where did this idea that these figures were 'Goddess's' spring from does anybody know?