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Locality: |
Cemmo, Pian delle Greppe |
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Region: |
Lombardia |
Area: |
Valcamonica |
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Environment & Surface |
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Altitude:
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400 m
Open-air
Shelter
Cave
Portable
Megalithic
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Geography: |
Boulder is found in the plain called Pian delle Greppe at Cemmo, fraction of Capo di Ponte (BS). The land was used for grapes, now on for pastures. |
Proximity: |
Not far from the road that connects Cemmo to Capo di Ponte, in front of the local museum and the Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici |
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Geology: |
Erratic boulder, sandstone |
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vertical, smoothed, patinated, |
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Dimensions:
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Length 1.25 m.
Width 0.85 m.
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Art |
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Description: |
Engravings
Paintings
Painted engravings
High or low-relief
Sculpture
Capo di Ponte Municipality (BS-I), in the Pian delle Greppe site. The engravings are executed on a boulder by hammering. Almost all the engravings are concentrated on the frontal surface and of the sides.
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Figures: |
total number 160
Sun, axes, daggers of Remedello type, animals, halberds, human figures, cup marks, topographic figures,
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Chronology: |
Palaeolithic
Epipalaeolithic - Mesolithic
Neolithic
Copper Age
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Roman
Middle Age
Modern
Unknown
Copper Age and Bronze Age (style III A 2-III B-C; 2400-2000 BC)
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Notes: |
The stela was discovered casually in 1981 by A. De Giuli, during the construction of the soccer field. The excavation undertaken in 1983 has clarified the stratigraphy of the finding: the boulder was in a secondary position, probably fallen from the high position. More info about Valcamonica and Alpine Rock Art at http://rupestre.net/alps. |
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Conservation |
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Status: |
Public
Private
Park
Classified site
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Risk: |
There are problem of esfoliations with cracks. |
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Conservation: |
Good
Quite good
Mediocre
Bad
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Intervention: |
The boulder has been traced and coloured few times. It is visited by many students during the year. It is conserved in the national Park of rock engravings. |
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By |
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| Record n. 452 / 807 |
No commercial use is allowed. Specific © is mentioned in the captions or owned by each Author or Institution |
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EuroPreArt, European Prehistoric Art, is a web-based archaeological project funded by the European Union which aims to establish a lasting data-base of European prehistoric art documentation, to launch the base of an European institutional network and to contribute to the awareness of the diversity and richness of European Prehistoric Art.
It is proposed by: Instituto Politécnico de Tomar (IPT, Portugal),
CUEBC - European University Centre for Cultural Heritage (Italy - Europe),
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España),
Asociación Cultural Colectivo Barbaón (España),
Université de Liège (Belgique),
Gotland University College (Sverige),
University College Dublin (Eire),
Cooperativa Archeologica Le Orme dell'Uomo (Italia),
Study Centre and Museum of Prehistoric Art of
Pinerolo (Italia),
The European Centre for Prehistoric Research in the Alto Ribatejo (Portugal),
ArqueoJovem - a youth NGO (Portugal).
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