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Name      
Italia    Valcamonica, Corni Freschi, rock 1
Italy map
Keywords: Bell Beaker period, halberds, group of weapons, Copper Age, geometrics
Institution: Cooperativa Archeologica Le Orme dell'Uomo - Valcamonica (Footsteps of Man)   http://rupestre.net/orme   |   CONTACT
Record
proposed
by
 Orme dell'Uomo - Footsteps of Man, Valcamonica - Italy
 
Location

Country:

 Italia

Locality:

 Darfo Boario Terme, Corni Freschi

Region:

 Lombardia

Area:

 Valcamonica

 

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Corni Freschi boulder near Boario Terme (photo by A. Fossati, Le Orme dell'Uomo).
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Halberds on the vertical surface of Corni Freschi boulder (photo by A. Arcą, Le Orme dell'Uomo).


 
Environment & Surface

Altitude:

200 m
Open-air   Shelter   Cave Portable   Megalithic

Geography:
The boulder is near to a farming land used for pasture, not far from the Oglio river

Proximity:

 Near to a path that connects the river Oglio to the area of the entrance of the little castle and the so-called Archeopark

Geology:
Two slide boulders fallen in prehistory on the land

Surface:
Vertical, irregular, microflora

Dimensions:
Length 6.00 m.  Width 4.00 m.

 

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Complete tracing (tracing by E. Marchi - Le Orme dell'Uomo)
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Particular of the halberds blades on the Corni Freschi boulder (photo by A. Arcą, Le Orme dell'Uomo).
 
Art        

Description:

 Engravings   Paintings   Painted engravings   High or low-relief   Sculpture
Darfo Boario T. municipality (BS). The engravings are executed on a boulder by hammering. Almost all the engravings are concentrated on the frontal surface and of the side.

Figures:
total number 10
Halberds, concentric circles

Chronology:

 Palaeolithic   Epipalaeolithic - Mesolithic   Neolithic   Copper Age   Bronze Age   Iron Age   Roman   Middle Age   Modern   Unknown
Copper Age (style III A 2; 2400-2200 BC). The style IIIA1 (as defined by DE MARINIS) is dated by comparison between the engraved figures and the real objects (Copper Age daggers) found at the burial site of Remedello (BS). It is so called "Remedellian". The next style (IIIA2) pertains to a bell-beaker phase (2400-2200 BC).

Notes:
Free climbers used the boulder sometimes as an exercise wall. More info about Valcamonica and Alpine Rock Art at http://rupestre.net/alps.
 
Bibliography        





European total bibliography, by EuroPreArt partnersTotal (Europe)
Italia EuroPreArt general bibliography, by Cooperativa Archeologica <em>Le Orme dell'Uomo</em> - Valcamonica (Footsteps of Man)General (country)
Specific Valcamonica, Corni Freschi, rock 1 bibliography, by Cooperativa Archeologica <em>Le Orme dell'Uomo</em> - Valcamonica (Footsteps of Man)Specific (site)
Rock Art Studies: A Bibliographic worldwide Database (external link). Compiled by Leigh Marymor. Copyright (C) 2001-2002 by the Library, University of California, Berkeley Bibliographic
Rock Art
Database

 

rock art picture
The Corni Freschi boulder and its environment (photo by A. Arcą, Le Orme dell'Uomo).
 
Conservation        

Status:

 Public   Private   Park   Classified site

Risk:
There are problem of esfoliations with cracks.

Conservation:

 Good   Quite good   Mediocre   Bad

Intervention:
The boulder has been traced and coloured few times. It is visited by many students during the year.

 
By          

Compiler:

 A. Fossati 2001

Institution:

 Cooperativa Archeologica Le Orme dell'Uomo - Valcamonica (Footsteps of Man)   http://rupestre.net/orme   |   CONTACT
 
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