Statue de Frescaty
Here we see the circles for breasts without the "Y" shaped tie-bra so often associated with female statue menhirs. To see breasts without the "Y" pendant may simply be because the statue is remembering an older woman who has passed her chapters of fertility.
Both men and women became statues with their modest tools on show. Were this to be an older woman it would be an example of a society keen and able to describe itself in full.
I have argued that the 'Y' is a reference to a Y shaped ravine between two breast shaped hills at a key geographical and geological loci for a wide region (see below). The ravines are steep, easily visible and have no source - they are a 'start' and they almost immediately start to mix at the junction of the 'Y'. The importance of 'mixing' in the neolithic cannot be underestimated as the culture stopped moving and applied life experiments of observation, breeding and selection on domesticated breeds.
It is often argued that female statue menhirs are smaller - I do not have the exact measure for this example but it perhaps in the region of 1.7m so perhaps an exception.
The work was apparently donated by l'abbé Frédéric Hermet at the end of the 20th century.
The belt on this example is particularly rich in detail and variety. Here is an article on statue menhir belts:
Statue de Frescaty
Here we see the circles for breasts without the "Y" shaped tie-bra so often associated with female statue menhirs. To see breasts without the "Y" pendant may simply be because the statue is remembering an older woman who has passed her chapters of fertility.
Both men and women became statues with their modest tools on show. Were this to be an older woman it would be an example of a society keen and able to describe itself in full.
I have argued that the 'Y' is a reference to a Y shaped ravine between two breast shaped hills at a key geographical and geological loci for a wide region (see below). The ravines are steep, easily visible and have no source - they are a 'start' and they almost immediately start to mix at the junction of the 'Y'. The importance of 'mixing' in the neolithic cannot be underestimated as the culture stopped moving and applied life experiments of observation, breeding and selection on domesticated breeds.
It is often argued that female statue menhirs are smaller - I do not have the exact measure for this example but it perhaps in the region of 1.7m so perhaps an exception.
The work was apparently donated by l'abbé Frédéric Hermet at the end of the 20th century.
The belt on this example is particularly rich in detail and variety. Here is an article on statue menhir belts: