Boys don’t cry – considérations sur les figurations de protections céphaliques et pectorales des statues-menhirs corses

Abstract

This article provides a description and an attempt to contextualise representations of head and pectoral protection depicted on the statue menhirs of Corsica. These monuments are among the most representative of Corsica’s Bronze Age and hold a decisive importance in historiography. Unfortunately, no actual armour – may it be organic or made from metal – is known today from Corsica. We aim to describe and interpret the represented armour as it is seen on the menhirs and compare it with neighbouring regions such as Sardinia, from where plenty of armour depictions are known both from bronze figurines and stone stelae, but also with finds and depictions of other armour from the Mediterranean, in order to reconstruct the genesis and evolution of these armour types.