Statue menhirs of Pousthomy

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Statue menhir 2 by Pousthomy
Statue menhir 1 from Pousthomy

The two statue menhirs of Pousthomy stand as replicas on hills south and northeast of Pousthomy near Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance on the western edge of the Aveyron department in France . The originals are in the Musée Fenaille in Rodez .

The period between 3300 and 2200 BC Dated statue menhirs of the Rouergue type were discovered in 1861 by Paul FA Foulquier-Lavergne (1808–1905). Both stones are slightly damaged in the upper area, but show the typical attributes of the genus.

About 130 statue menhirs of the Rouergue type (the largest group next to "Corse", "Garrigues" and "Provençal") exist in the Tarn and Aveyron departments.

Nearby is the replica of the statue menhir of Saint Maurice d'Orient .

location

  • Statuenmenhir 1: south of the village on the D 33 ⊙
  • Statue menhir 2: northeast of the place ⊙

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 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rouergue type (French)

Web links

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