in Italiano
Neolithic and first
Copper Age
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Few single spirals
(10) have been found only on the Rupe Magna. They are the
most effaced, and superimposed by anthropomorphic figures.
Here we can see (sector F) a spiral (more ancient) surrounded
by Iron Age cup-marks. Also in other Alpine sites spirals
seems to be one of the most ancient signs, being superimposed
by schematic antropomorphic figures. Their meaning remains
unknown. In Europe we can find many engraved spirals in
megalithic art (Irish passage graves, Neolithic) and Sardinian
"Domus de Janas" (Neolithic-Copper Age). On the
contrary labyrinths and meanders (also present on Rupe Magna)
must be placed in a later phase (Bronze Age - Iron Age) |
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Another sign that
we can only relate to megalithic art is the one which
you can see on the left (sector AL): concentric half-circles
also called "collar-like". In Brittany we can
find them, obsessingly engraved, in Gavrinis tumulus, in
Ireland at Loughcrew, in Spain at Collado de Sejos. We can
find them (but upside down) also in the Chalcolithic stelae
of Valtellina (Caven 3 and Cornal) and Valcamonica. On the
Rupe Magna (only 6) they are not effaced and seem "fresh":
but we must consider that they were engraved on a vertical
surface and always covered by moss. They are also accompanied
by a "cross-like" figure, another element which
well complies in a megalithic environment. |
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These engraved figures
were found by the De Piazzi in 1975 on the open-air rocks
of Caven (Teglio), not far from the site of chalcolithic
stelae. The rock is situated in a very open and panoramic
site, looking down to the bottom of the valley, which shows
roads and cultivated fields. We can easily imagine that
these figures could represent cultivated fields or settlements,
being one of the most ancient topographic maps. In
Valcamonica these kinds of figures are superimposed by Copper
Age ones: so they belong to the first phase of engraving
activity (last Neolithic - first Copper Age). |
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