Statue menhir by Raffinié
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The Raffinié statue menhir is the top piece of a statue menhir that was discovered on the edge of the Raffinié stream, in Martrin in the Aveyron department , France . A replica is on the D 501 south-east of Le Cayla, near Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance .
The lower part of the statue menhir has disappeared. It is blackish because the stone was built into a chimney before it was discovered in 1880 by Joseph Alvernia, who brought it to Abbé Frédéric Hermet (1856–1939) after removing the lower part .
It is a female statue of the 74-specimen Rouergat group (3rd millennium BC). There is a five-row necklace on the front. The facial features have been erased. On the sketch by F. Hermet's breasts and the pendant can be seen in a Y-shape, which is no longer the case today. Similarly, the sketch in the lower part clearly shows the arms and hands with fingers.
The back shows a representation of the hair and shoulder blades.
It is exhibited in the Musée Fenaille in Rodez .
See also
literature
- Bruno Marc: Dolmens et Menhirs en Languedoc et Roussillon. 27 Circuits de Découverte Prehistorique. Les Presses du Languedoc, Montpellier 1999, ISBN 2-85998-190-X .
- Jürgen E. Walkowitz: The megalithic syndrome. European cult sites of the Stone Age (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3 .
