Once Again About the Venus of Limba and the Starčevo-Criş – Vinča Synchronisms in the Middle Mureş Valley

Abstract The authors tries to make a contribution to the knowledge of the evolution of successive Early and Developed Neolithic communities belonging to Starčevo-Criş (IIIB) and Vinča (A) cultures, starting from the analysis of the anthropomorphic idol, “Venus type”, discovered in the Vărărie sector of the Limba-Oarda de Jos archaeological site. In this manner are presented the context of the discovery, the characteristics of the artifact and the comparative-typological analysis. The complex stratigraphy, the planimetry and the materials revealed are very important in clarifying important aspects of the Early and Developed Neolithic phenomenon in the south-western Transylvanian area. The description of the type, the manufacturing technologies, the specific anatomical features, the specific characteristics are presented by the authors. Finally, are advanced, generically, some assumptions most frequent disseminated in the literature regarding the significance of these artifacts, respectively short interventions with similar findings analogies from Transylvania and Banat. Regarding the artistic aspect, we note different trends. The artist drew a particular attention to some parts. Anatomical elements are sometimes represented accurate, with an overflowing realism, while others are rendered sketchy, geometrical, leading to abstraction. In the case of Venus from Limba, we noticed a harmonious junction between Starčevo and early Vinča elements, In the recent light of the possible cohabitation, of this site, by the communities of Starčevo and Vinča cultures, the work hypothesis is strengthened by the symbiosis of the morphologic elements present on the same artifact: Venus from Limba.