Figures 1 and 2. Potsherds showing dancing poses. Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. Courtesy of the Nova Zagora Museum, Bulgaria. Early Neolithic. Figure 1 is a photograph by Miriam Dexter.

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Figure 3. Dancing figure. Scânteia, Romania. C-M Lazarovici, excavator. Cucuteni A-3 (4300–4050 BCE). From Mantu (Lazarovici) 1992. Courtesy of Cornelia-Magda Lazarovici.

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Figure 4. Female silhouette. Zorlenu Mare, Romania. Vina B, 4300–4200 BCE. Excavated by Gheorghe Lazarovici. From G. Lazarovici 2009: 68, annex I, table 4c. Courtesy of Gheorghe Lazarovici.

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Figure 5. Stone slab with depiction of a female figure in magical dance; found in the Lion Pillar Building in Göbekli Tepe, Southeastern Turkey; ca. 8000 BCE.

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Figure 6. Limestone statue ca. 1.9 meters high, found near the surrounding city wall in the central part of anlurfa (Urfa), in Southeastern Turkey, near the site of Göbekli Tepe. The figure pulls apart [her] genitals; pre-pottery Neolithic, ca. 9000 BCE. anlurfa (Urfa) Museum.

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