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Italia |
Locality: |
Novalesa - see original record (ask compiler - institution) |
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Piemonte |
Area: |
Valcenischia |
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Altitude:
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2350 m
Open-air
Shelter
Cave
Portable
Megalithic
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Geography: |
High mountain pasture (cows and sheep) near the upper limit of the vegetation area, steep west exposed slope, series of flat slabs, highly dominant. The Valcenischia (Cenischia valley) joins the Susa valley (Italy, Turin) to the French Haute Maurienne valley through the Moncenisio pass, which is a very important alpine pass. |
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Geology: |
Filladic calcschist (metamorphic rock composed by calcite and mica). This kind of rock allows the pecking technique, but is more affected by the erosion than the Permian sandstone, thus the siliceous component, not soluble in water, is quite resistant. |
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Square shape, probably cut, smooth, microgranulated, flat, 5° of inclination, patina |
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Dimensions:
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Length 0.80 m.
Width 0.80 m.
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Description: |
Engravings
Paintings
Painted engravings
High or low-relief
Sculpture
The main figure is constituted by a rectangle filled by a regular dotting. The same rectangle is surrounded by 8 rings in correspondence of the corners and of the half of each side. The long figure on the left could represent a flag.
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Figures: |
total number 8
Sort of flag, square body anthropomorphic figures, cross like figures, dotted rectangle (topographic figure).
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Chronology: |
Palaeolithic
Epipalaeolithic - Mesolithic
Neolithic
Copper Age
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Roman
Middle Age
Modern
Unknown
The rectangular dotted figure is very similar to the Iron Age "maps" of Aussois (the nearby site in the French Haute Maurienne) and of Bedolina (Valcamonica), where the study of the superimpositions allows a correct dating to the middle-late Iron Age. The square body figures confirm this dating.
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Notes: |
The rock has been discovered by G. M. Cametti, P. Meirano and A. Arcà on July 1993 during a survey of the Gruppo Ricerche Cultura Montana of Turin (GRCM). |
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Conservation |
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Status: |
Public
Private
Park
Classified site
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Risk: |
Figures are visible only on a grazing light. The site is very hard to reach, poorly attended. The surface is affected by the erosion. The area, with an high mountain climate, is under the snow for 7-8 months each yea |
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Conservation: |
Good
Quite good
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Intervention: |
The rock has been completely recorded (International western Alps rock art record), traced (contact tracing and digital vectorial rendition), photographed (normal light and grazing light colour slides). A cast has been executed (professional technique with elastomeric mould and copy in synthetic resin). Recording data can be found at the Archaeological Superintendence of Piedmont (Turin, Italy). An exhibition with pictures, tracings and casts is exposed at the Novalesa ethnographic museum http://www.rupestre.net/archiv/tpop12.htm. More info (Italian version) at http://rupestre.net/archiv and http://rupestre.net/alps. |
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| Record n. 491 / 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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