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Bronze Age
The central problem in (middle)
Bronze Age Rock Art is the so-called "orant" (praying
man) figure. Thus believed Neolithic in Anati's interpretation,
we can find many elements making a Bronze Age attribution
more suitable.
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All engraved surfaces
showing "orants" salso how Iron Age figures
(mostly warriors).
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No such figures were
found superimposed by Copper Age engravings.
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And also, like in the
Rupe Magna, many "orants" have been engraved
in the same positions of armed figures.
In this case we can see an anthropomorphic
figure (sector B) with raised arms engraved on the Rupe
Magna (Grosio). It represents a female, with three circular
dots as breasts and female sex. We can find female figures
(women, looms) only in Bronze Age. No one in Iron Age.
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The most famous figures
of the Rupe Magna were called by Davide Pace (the discoverer)
"oranti saltici" (jumping praying
figures).
We can find (sector JA) six schematic male
figures, paired two by two. They are of uncommon dimensions,
being 80 cm long. They show orthogonal raised arms, with
a circle in one hand and an engraved line in the other.
These objects have been respectively interpreted as a
round shield and as a stick or a little sword.
So the entire scene seems to show a dance
with weapons. Also in Valcamonica (rock 35 of Naquane)
we can find some big figures of armed schematic anthropomorphs.
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