In Lunigiana, a particularly widespread and interesting category of prehistoric monuments can be found: the stele statues. Currently, 80 specimens are known, recovered in various periods and locations. The stele statues depict male and female figures in a stylized manner, accompanied by characteristic elements of their weaponry and ornaments. Inscriptions are rarely found on the stele statues. Based on their shape, they have been divided into three different groups. The stele statues constitute an important testimony to prehistoric and protohistoric civilizations that inhabited the Lunigiana area over a long period of time, from the 3rd millennium BCE to the dawn of the historical era, around the 6th century BCE. To better understand the function of these monuments, connected to ancient religious needs, it is necessary to also understand the historical and cultural context to which they belong. The term “stele statue” or anthropomorphic stele refers to those stones intended to be vertically placed in the ground, featuring human resemblances achieved through stone shaping and represented iconographic motifs on the surfaces (physical attributes such as the face, eyes, as well as accompanying elements like necklaces, clothing, or weapons). The stele statues differ from simple steles, smooth or figurative slabs, and menhirs, which lack a form or iconographic elements resembling the human figure, as well as from “engraved stones” that bear representations of objects and ornaments on their surfaces.