statue-menhir de Guior-Haut

The statue-menhir de Guior-Haut is a statue-menhir belonging to the Rouergat group. It was discovered at Le Bez in the département of the Tarn in France, at about 690 m altitude on a ridge overlooking the Agout valley. It lies on the same ridge as the statue-menhir de Montagnol, about 1,40 km away.

The monument is a locally sourced granite slab with a rounded top. It measures 1,95 m high, 0,65 m at its widest and 0,40 m thick. Although the statue is complete, most of its carvings have almost disappeared. Numerous horizontal scratches on its left side were made by agricultural machinery. The figure is male, and only part of the right leg remains clearly visible as an anthropomorphic feature.

The surviving details show that the figure wears a wide belt and a baudrier, together with “ l'objet ”. The statue was discovered in 1994 by Bernard Galy. The statue-menhir de Montagnol was identified in July 1998 by Jean Bonnet and Yvette Jeanjean. Its dating as 4800 BCE to 2500 BCE is based on a typological estimate.

Statue-menhirs are carved standing stones of the later European Neolithic in which a vertical slab or pillar bears a stylised human figure, sometimes with hints of clothing or weapons. They are found especially in southern and western France, but also in Catalonia, Corsica, Sardinia, Italy and the Alps. No particular legend or later history is given for the statue-menhir de Guior-Haut.

statue-menhir de Guior-Haut is a statue-menhir in Tarn, France. A typological estimate: 4800 BCE to 2500 BCE. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the French article "Statue-menhir de Guior-Haut", shown in the original language.