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Locality: |
Paspardo, Vite-Deria-Scale |
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Lombardia |
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Valcamonica |
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Altitude:
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550 m
Open-air
Shelter
Cave
Portable
Megalithic
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Geography: |
West exposed, dominant a little dry stream. Bushes of yews, birches, chest-nuts, pines. |
Proximity: |
The rock is positioned along an old path called "Le scale di Paspardo" (the ladder of Paspardo). |
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Geology: |
Sandstone outcrop |
Surface: |
Polished, with most of the surface flat, but few part is convex and concave. Inclination from 0° to 35°, microflora (algae, lichens, mosses) only in the upper part of the rock and patina, cracks. |
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Dimensions:
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Length 4.00 m.
Width 2.50 m.
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Art |
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Description: |
Engravings
Paintings
Painted engravings
High or low-relief
Sculpture
Paspardo Municipality (BS-I), in the vite/Deria-Scale di Paspardo Site. The engravings are executed by hammering and scratching. The shape of the rock is almost a flat rectangle. Almost all the engravings are concentrated on the flat surface in the middle upper part of the rock. The anthropomorphic figures are 20-30 cm high, with an average of 20. They have been executed by pecking. Few figures or part of figures have been executed by scratching. Some anthropomorphic figures are sexuated male (with a stick in the legs)
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Figures: |
total number 130
Anthropomorphs: warriors, praying, uncompleted. 4 deer, 2 goat, 1 dog.
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Chronology: |
Palaeolithic
Epipalaeolithic - Mesolithic
Neolithic
Copper Age
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Roman
Middle Age
Modern
Unknown
Bronze Age and Iron Age (style III B-C/IV 1-2-3; from 16th cent. BC up to 4th cent. BC)
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Notes: |
The rock was discovered for the first time by G. Marro in 1934. 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: |
The rock is subjected to be covered by soil and leaves, due to the fact that is in a chestnuts wood and almost in a flat position. |
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Conservation: |
Good
Quite good
Mediocre
Bad
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Intervention: |
Originally the engraved surface was partially covered by ground and grass, moss and algae which were removed after the discovery in 1999. The rock has been completely recorded (contact tracing, grazing light pictures) by Footsteps of Man in 1999-2000. |
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By |
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| Record n. 483 / 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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