Rock Art in the Alps - Valcamonica duels


Warriors and Iron Age duels in Valcamonica rock art


TRACCE Online Rock art Bulletin Photogallery - December 2004
pictures ans captions by Andrea Arcą (Footsteps of Man - Valcamonica)


Valcamonica, Naquane, rock 35, first Iron Age ithifallic duellers

Iron Age figures represent 80% of Valcamonica rock art, hundreds of thousands of figures finely pecked on the permian sandstone of one of the richest european archives of open-air rock art.

Here only a little excerpt of warriors and duels, giving an idea of the central theme of this period: the warrior, its strength, its ability.

Valcamonica, Naquane, rock 35, first Iron Age duel .
Valcamonica, Seradina, first Iron Age school of duel: students in the middle, teachers on left and right sides...

Valcamonica, Seradina, first Iron Age duel: sword, shield and helmet (picture Angelo Fossati)
Valcamonica, Paspardo, Dos Sulif, middle Iron Age duel with sword and little shield

Valcamonica, Paspardo, Vite, middle Iron Age duel with sword and shield
Valcamonica, Foppe di Nadro, rock 6, middle Iron Age boxing

Valcamonica, Foppe di Nadro, rock 6, middle Iron Age duel with sword and shield; the central object represents probably the prize

Valcamonica, Paspardo, In Valle rock 4, Late Iron Age square-body warrior

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