Ancient figurines were toys not mother goddess statues, say experts as 9,000-year-old artefacts...

Daily Mail ^ | Thursday, September 10, 2009 | David Derbyshire

[SunkenCiv]

Rare find: The 9000-year-old figurines dug up in Turkey are thought to have been used as educational toys	Amazing artefacts: Many of the figurines resemble animals like sheep and goats

[Straight Vermonter]

Often what passes for archeological analysis tells us more about the archeologist than it does the cultures they are examining.

[colorado tanker]

I've always been skeptical of the theory that the neolithic people worshiped a mother goddess and only turned to male gods when those evil men enslaved mankind by shackling us to civilization back at the dawn of agriculture. Still, there's not much evidence to say these were toys when we're considering people with no written language to provide more clues.

[ThanhPhero]

This group was found in an ancient “Amulets R Us” store.

[colorado tanker]

:-))

[SunkenCiv]

I grok that.

[chit*chat]

Rare find: The 9000-year-old figurines dug up in Turkey are thought to have been used as educational toys

Yes, the more advanced people - progressives - were using them in the pre-school sex-ed classes.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Guilty.

[JoeProBono]

[darth]

I always thought the figurerines were Neolithic porn. No magazines or videos in that era.

BTW, I used to be married to a Neolithic Goddess who looked a lot like the figuerine. Yup, that gal was built like a bag fulla bobcats....and then they got fluffy.

[SunkenCiv]

I agree with chit*chat.

[SunkenCiv]

Whoops, no, I agree with darth.

[JoeProBono]

[Peanut Gallery]

ping

[zeugma]

Too bad they took them out of the package.

...And cut off the tags

[uglybiker]

The 9000-year-old figurines dug up in Turkey are thought to have been used as educational toys

That or 'go play with this, kid, and leave me alone' toys.

[SunkenCiv]

Could be. During the Stone Ages, kids probably walked in on their parents doin’ it, plenty of times, and got handed some anatomically correct dolls to give them something to go ruminate on. As long as it was elsewhere. :’)