ABSTRACT
Hamangia figurines are sensually striking objects. Two particularly provocative pieces were discovered in the 1950s during rescue excavations at the Cernavoda cemetery (fig. 3.1) (Berciu et al. 1955; Berciu 1960).1 The first of these, which the excavator named The Thinker, sits on a low, four-legged stool, with feet flat on the floor, knees raised, elbows on knees, hands on either side of the face; the figure’s cheeks rest in the palms of the hands.2 The second figurine, The Seated Woman, is similar in proportion and sits on the ground, with one leg sticking straight forward, the other bent at the knee upon which rest the figure’s hands.
