A
Venus figurine is any
Upper Paleolithic statuette portraying a woman, although the fewer images depicting men or figures of uncertain gender, and those in
relief or engraved on rock or stones are often discussed together. Most have been unearthed in
Europe, but others have been found as far away as
Siberia, extending their distribution across much of
Eurasia, although with many gaps, such as the
Mediterranean outside Italy.