It 's the most visited site of all Corsica. Around 1500 BC, some menhirs, two or three meters tall, were lined up on the site around; their faces were carved with human features, armor and weapons.
For the archaeologist Roger Grosjean, these statues-menhirs were the chiefs of the enemies killed in battle, so shown to capture their strength. However, this purpose has not had any effect, because the invaders had the upper hand: the standing stones were thrown to the ground and divided into parts to reuse them as material for building structures similar to Sardinian nuraghi (period "Torreano").
The artists have also had an eye for details. The enemy is depicted with an accentuated hemispheric helmet. Their clavicles and shoulder blades are protected with beads. Long swords are worn on the chest, hanging from a trapeze. The dagger is transversely attached to a belt with thong.
Roger Grosjean, according to the style of the clothes and weapons depicted, identified the menhir with the Shardanas warriors, or the "Sea Peoples" who attacked the Pharaonic Egypt on the twelfth and fourteenth century BC. The same weapons, however, are also worn by the warriors depicted in the "bronze" Sardinian Iron Age, and this fact constitutes one of the main clues for a supposed invasion of Sardinia (and Corsica) by Shardanas in the iron age.
It 's the most visited site of all Corsica. Around 1500 BC, some menhirs, two or three meters tall, were lined up on the site around; their faces were carved with human features, armor and weapons. For the archaeologist Roger Grosjean, these statues-menhirs were the chiefs of the enemies killed in battle, so shown to capture their strength. However, this purpose has not had any effect, because the invaders had the upper hand: the standing stones were thrown to the ground and divided into parts to reuse them as material for building structures similar to Sardinian nuraghi (period "Torreano"). The artists have also had an eye for details. The enemy is depicted with an accentuated hemispheric helmet. Their clavicles and shoulder blades are protected with beads. Long swords are worn on the chest, hanging from a trapeze. The dagger is transversely attached to a belt with thong. Roger Grosjean, according to the style of the clothes and weapons depicted, identified the menhir with the Shardanas warriors, or the "Sea Peoples" who attacked the Pharaonic Egypt on the twelfth and fourteenth century BC. The same weapons, however, are also worn by the warriors depicted in the "bronze" Sardinian Iron Age, and this fact constitutes one of the main clues for a supposed invasion of Sardinia (and Corsica) by Shardanas in the iron age.
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