International audienceThe statue-menhir of Puech de la Cabane was lying in a cellar paired in a habitat built of dry stone. It was obscured at the beginning of the 25th century BC by holders of Fontbouisse ceramics.The monolith has been preserved in its integrity. As part of this detailed study, we publish the statue-menhir of Le Grès at Sainte-Anastasie also unpublished which has strong morphological and stylistic similarities with that of Puech de la Cabane.The Fontbuxiens du Puech de la Cabane place their stele-statue face down (to hide his face?). This gesture evokes a protection, something that ends: end of a cycle of occupation? end of a rite? end of a hegemony?This statue-menhir is part of a unity of style and space: the gardois west...