Rupe Magna
TRACCE no. 9 – by Andrea Arcà
2nd International Congress of Rupestrian Archaeology
2-5 October 1997 DARFO BOARIO TERME
Chronology and interpretation of the “praying figures” in Valcamonica Rock Art.
The so-called “praying figures” (“oranti“) have been placed at base of the Camunnian Rock Art styles I and II…
Ossimo 9
TRACCE no. 9 – by Stefania Casini
2nd International Congress of Rupestrian Archaeology
2-5 October 1997 DARFO BOARIO TERME
Figures of axes on Valcamonica and Valtellina stelae (style IIIA).
In 1994 to realise the exhibition Le pietre degli dei we re-examined all the existing documentation about the monumental compositions of camunian style III A.
Camunnian roses
TRACCE no. 9 – by Paola Farina
2nd International Congress of Rupestrian Archaeology
2-5 October 1997 DARFO BOARIO TERME
The motif of the “Camunian Rose” in the rock art of Valcamonica.
Compiling a complete corpus of all the “camunian roses” known in Valcamonica, we found 84 “roses” engraved on 27 rocks.
Ossimo 4
TRACCE no. 9 – by F. G. Fedele
2nd International Congress of Rupestrian Archaeology
2-5 October 1997 DARFO BOARIO TERME
A Copper Age ceremonial site in Val Camonica: excavations at Ossimo OS4, 1996-97.
An account is given of the results from the latest excavations (1996-97) at the statue-menhir Copper Age site of Ossimo-L’Anvòia (OS4) on the Ossimo-Borno Plateau, in lower Val Camonica.
panoplia
TRACCE no. 9 – by A. Arcà, A.Fossati, E. Marchi, E. Tognoni
2nd International Congress of Rupestrian Archaeology
2-5 October 1997 DARFO BOARIO TERME
Vite-Deria, Paspardo, Valcamonica. Ricerche 1990-97.
La località Vite-Deria è situata a circa 700-800 m s.l.m. nel territorio comunale di Paspardo, sul versante orografico sinistro nella Media Vallecamonica…
Ornitomorfo
TRACCE no. 9 – by Umberto Sansoni, Silvana Gavaldo
2nd International Congress of Rupestrian Archaeology
2-5 October 1997 DARFO BOARIO TERME
L’arte rupestre di Campanine di Cimbergo (Valcamonica) alla luce delle nuove scoperte: presentazione preliminare dell’area (ricerche dal 1990 al 1997).
L’area di Campanine di Cimbergo e la contigua area di Figna, sono state oggetto di studio da parte del ns. Dipartimento a partire dal 1990.
Pian Camuno
TRACCE no. 9 – by Ausilio Priuli
2nd International Congress of Rupestrian Archaeology
2-5 October 1997 DARFO BOARIO TERME
Nuovi siti con incisioni rupestri in Valle Camonica.
Questi ultimi decenni hanno arricchito il patrimonio paleoiconografico di territori, quali quello di Borno-Ossimo e Pian Cogno.
Iron age dwellings
TRACCE no. 9 – by Emanuela Tognoni
2nd International Congress of Rupestrian Archaeology
2-5 October 1997 DARFO BOARIO TERME
The architectural representations in the rock art of Valcamonica.
The architectural figures engraved on the rocks of Valcamonica present structures of Iron Age (8th-1st cent. BC) and they can be interpreted as houses, temples or granaries.
Bedolina 1
TRACCE no. 9 – by Cristina Turconi
2nd International Congress of Rupestrian Archaeology
2-5 October 1997 DARFO BOARIO TERME
The map of Bedolina in the context of the Rock Art of Valcamonica.
The work has consisted of taking tracing of the engravings, followed by a chronological analysis of the figures, based on the study of the superimposed images.
Rock paintings
TRACCE no. 9 – by Angelo Fossati
2nd International Congress of Rupestrian Archaeology
2-5 October 1997 DARFO BOARIO TERME
Discovery of rock paintings in Val Camonica.
During a survey in the summer 1992, a team of the Le Orme dell’Uomo directed by Angelo Fossati discovered a rock painting in the area called “Le Scale di Paspardo”.
TRACCE no. 9 – by Ausilio Priuli
2nd International Congress of Rupestrian Archaeology
2-5 October 1997 DARFO BOARIO TERME
Lo studio delle incisioni rupestri non può prescindere dalla conoscenza delle tecniche adottate per produrle, dal momento che le stesse sono state il mezzo che ha permesso la loro materializzazione.
La Bosca
TRACCE no. 8 – by Angelo Fossati, Elena Marchi
The prehistoric man had some times a very good sense of humor. He left us some funny images: men, women and animals in “strange” positions or with different objects… Read more
Salomon’s knot
TRACCE no. 8 – by Umberto Sansoni
We are developing a research on the symbol of the “Salomon’s knot”, checked since I-IV Century AD… Read more
Uncle frog
TRACCE no. 7 – by Angelo Fossati – Elena Marchi
The prehistoric man had some times a very good sense of humor. He left us some funny images: men, women and animals in “strange” positions or with different objects… Read more
A “Camunnian rose”
TRACCE no. 7 – by Paola Farina
The motif of the “Camunnian Rose” in the Rock Art of Valcamonica (Italy). Part *. The shape of the so-called “camunian rose”, engraved on several rocks of Val Camonica, consists of a sinuous quadrilobate groove, winding around 9 cup-marks, whose disposition is fixed and is a recurring model; today this pattern is well-known, also because lately it has become the symbol of Lombardia. Read more
Iron age rider
TRACCE no. 7 – by Elena Marchi
Scratched horses in a relief from Cividate Camuno – Valcamonica (Italy). The Camunnian rock art of the Iron Age is characterised, besides thousands of hammered engravings of warriors, hunters, animals, scenes of ploughing, of breeding, figures of houses, engraved with a careful and naturalistic style, also by engravings of inscriptions and alphabet in the so called Camunnian alphabet. Read more
Alpine granary
TRACCE no. 7 – by Footsteps of Man
Jack Belmondo (Giuseppe Belfiore Mondoni).
Jack Belmondo (stage name of Giuseppe Belfiore Mondoni) has been considered one of the most important experimental archaeologists in Italy and probably in Europe. Read more
Paspardo, VIT20
TRACCE no. 6 – by Andrea Arcà
The Settled Ground in the “Topographic” Engravings
of the Alpine Arc
