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Locality: |
Novalesa - see original record (ask compiler - institution) |
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Piemonte |
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Valcenischia |
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Altitude:
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2340 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, smooth, microgranulated, flat, 5° of inclination, patina |
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Dimensions:
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Length 2.95 m.
Width 1.50 m.
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Art |
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Description: |
Engravings
Paintings
Painted engravings
High or low-relief
Sculpture
The warrior with the sword has the body pecked in a stick style, in a more dynamic position than the square body figures of the rock CRL002. A second figure of warrior is not clearly readable, but shows a crossed decoration on the breast and a probable round helmet.
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Figures: |
total number 4
Warrior with sword stick style body, warrior with decorated armour, unreadable figure, sparse pecking
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Chronology: |
Palaeolithic
Epipalaeolithic - Mesolithic
Neolithic
Copper Age
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Roman
Middle Age
Modern
Unknown
In this case there is not such a strict relation with the late Iron Age figures of Valcamonica. An Iron Age dating is very probable, without excluding a more recent dating.
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Notes: |
There is a very interesting possible connection with the traditional weaponed dance of the "Spadonari" (the men with sword, http://www.rupestre.net/archiv/tpop1.htm) which is still today practised every year at the beginning of February in the underlying villages of Venaus and Giaglione. 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 year. |
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Conservation: |
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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. 492 / 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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