A standing stone carved to represent the human form, sometimes with details of clothing or weapons. Most examples in Europe seem to belong to the Late Neolithic / Copper Age period and they are concentrated in southern and western France, Iberia, Liguria, Corsica, Sardinia, and Italy (Apulia, northwest Tuscany, and near the Swiss and Austrian borders). Northern Italy also has a more recent group of statue menhirs set up by Ligurian peoples during the Iron Age. Bronze Age examples are also known; most statue menhirs are of men.