Author: Collum, V.C.C.
Title: The Tresse Iron-Age Megalithic Monument (Sir Robert Mond's Excavation) : Its Quadruple Sculptured Breasts and their Relation.,..
Description: Oxford / London, Oxford University Press, 1935. orig. wrappers. xii,123,(34)pp, 25x19cm, Top and bottom spine edges reinforced with cellophane tape. Several pages bear neatly pencilled marks t. 34 photoplates; folding plan. Rubbed. Foxed. Cover edge tears. Good. ¶ Full title reads: "The Tresse Iron-Age Megalithic Monument (Sir Robert Mond's Excavation) : Its Quadruple Sculptured Breasts and their to the Mother-Goddess Cosmic Cult". "Report on the Excavation of a Hitherto Unexcavated Allée Couverte of the Gallo-Roman Period with Realistic Sculptures in Relief of Two Double Pairs of Human Breasts & Containing a Crouched Burial In Situ, Fragments of a One-Edged Iron Short Sword, Steatite Beads, & More Than 60 Pots of Armorican-'Dolmenic' & Armorican- Gaulish Styles & Ceramic Techniques at Tressé, St. Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, in 1931. Undertaken by Sir Robert Mond...and Carried out on his Behalf by V.C.C. Collum... Together with an Exhaustive Comparative Study of the Cult Responsible for the Symbolism of the Twin Pairs of Human Breasts". Contents: Excavation of an Iron Age Allée Couverte: General Description of the Site; History of the Monument; The Excavation; Restoration of the Monument; Present Condition of the Monument (1932); Investigation of a Small Mound or Tombelle Northward of the Allée; The Pottery; The Flint & Chert Implements; Metal Objects & Beads; The Bones; The Charcoal; The Sculptured Stones & Their Sifgnificance as Symbols of a World-Wide Cosmic Cult; Conclusion.

Keywords: Iron Age Archaeology, Saint Malo France, Ille-et-Vilaine, Gallo-Roman, Stone Megaliths, Megalithic Megalith, Archeology, Excavation Reports, Mother Goddess