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Le rupi scolpite delle Alpi Marittime (Issel 1901)

March 21, 2013 Academics, Featured, Mont Bego - Monte Bego, Open access, research history, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 29 No comments
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Fontanalba picture

TRACCE free e-books

Issel A. 1901. Le rupi scolpite nelle alte valli delle Alpi Marittime, Bullettino di paletnologia italiana, s. III, t. VII, a. XXVII, n. 10-12, pp. 218-259.
| full text-image flip book and PDF (from TRACCE scan-OCR, public domain) | Italian

[editor's note: the most detailed paper until that time on Mt. Bego’s engravings; Issel never recorded the engraved rocks, but attentively examined the literature and was in close and friendly contact with C. Bicknell]

by Arturo ISSEL

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Entre Mont Bego et Val Camonica

January 13, 2013 Academics, Archaeology, Featured, Mont Bego - Monte Bego, Open access, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 28, Western Alps No comments
meravigliemago

Merveilles, le Sorcier

TRACCE open access papers

Arcà Andrea, 2011.
Entre Bego et Val Camonica: une clé pour mieux comprendre l’origine de l’art rupestre dans les Alpes, in BEPAA XXII, pp. 71-89.
| full text-image inline PDF | French

La comparaison entre ces deux sites est cruciale pour l’encadrement global de l’art rupestre alpin.

by Andrea Arcà

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Piero Barocelli, a rupestrian archeology pioneer

December 13, 2012 Academics, Alpine rock art - Arte rupestre alpina, Archaeology, books – journals – reviews, Featured, Methods - metodi, Mont Bego - Monte Bego, Open access, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 27, Western Alps No comments

Piero Barocelli, archaeologist

Piero Barocelli’s work on Mt. Bego Petroglpyphs plays a highly original and markedly pioneering role for the Alpine and European rupestrian archaeology. Full text-image inline PDF available (TRACCE open access papers).

Gli studi di Piero Barocelli sui petroglifi del Monte Bego assumono per l’archeologia rupestre alpina ed europea una posizione fortemente originale e di marcato pionierismo. Disponibile la versione PDF integrale.

by Andrea Arcà

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Gavrinis, une approche multiscalaire

March 27, 2012 Archaeology, Featured, Megalithic art - arte megalitica, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 25 One comment

Gavrinis art

A multiscale approach: the workflow committed on the Gavrinis island cairn gathers archaeologists and archaeometrists, architects and surveyors, to acquire, handle and share information relative to a passage-tomb built at the beginning of the IVth millennium, one of the most famous of the European monumental heritage.

by S. Cassen, L. Lescop, V. Grimaud, G. Querré, B. Sune

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How do we recognise rock art?

August 20, 2003 Featured, Interpretation and semiotics, Methods - metodi, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 16 No comments

Aboriginal engraving

This paper was stimulated by an on-line discussion with Andrea Arcà (Case example 4: figurative and non-figurative below) about a need for archaeologists to treat figurative and non-figurative rock art differently.

by John Clegg

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Dating and (up)dating Valcamonica rock art

June 2, 2003 Featured, Methods - metodi, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 16, Valcamonica - Valtellina No comments

Valcamonica chronology

Since the beginning the achievement of a correct chronological attribution has represented an important point of any rock art research. But since the beginning any chronological attribution has been subjected to the risk of being questioned, not accepted or simply updated. So rock art dating is often controversial…

by Andrea Arcà

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Grotte Chauvet Archaeologically Dated

February 21, 2000 Academics, Cave art, Featured, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 12 One comment

Chauvet cave

TRACCE no. 12 – by Christian Züchner

The Grotte Chauvet was discovered at Christmas 1994. A beautiful picture book came out only a few months later (Chauvet et al. 1995). It has been the main source of our knowledge and discussion up to now.

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Rock Art in Russian Far East and in Siberia

February 21, 1999 Academics, Asia, Featured, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 11 2 comments

Elangash

TRACCE no. 11 – by † Burchard Brentjes

Rock Art in Russian Far East and in Siberia. A bird’s eye view over a continent.
There are about half a million of petroglyphs known in Siberia and the Far East of Russia. Mobody knows up to now how many are still to be discovered…

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The motif of the “Camunian Rose”

May 1, 1998 Featured, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 10, Valcamonica - Valtellina No comments

Camunian rose

TRACCE no. 10 – by Paola Farina

The motif of the “Camunian Rose” in the rock art of Valcamonica (Italy) part **.
In the past the scholars proposed some hypotheses about the meaning of the “Camunian rose”, engraved on several rocks in Valcamonica… Read more

Orientalizing motives in alpine rock art

May 1, 1998 Academics, Asia, Featured, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 10, Valcamonica - Valtellina No comments

Pazyryk horse

TRACCE no. 10 – by † Burchard Brentjes

Orientalizing motives in alpine rock art.
The rich ensemble of rock art in the Valle Camonica comprises several motives for which oriental parallels could be mentioned. Read more

Vermelhosa rock 1, palaeolithic figures

October 29, 1996 Featured, Iberian peninsula, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 5 No comments

Elephant figure

TRACCE no. 5 – by Andrea Arcà

Palaeolithic figures in rock n. 1 of the Vermelhosa – Côa Valley area.
Rock n. 1 of the Vermelhosa Valley (Côa Valley area) lies at 180 m altitude, on the left orographic side of the Douro River, which is flowing few scores of meters below.. Read more

Vermelhosa Iron Age rock art

October 29, 1996 Featured, Iberian peninsula, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 5 No comments

Duelling Iron Age scene

TRACCE no. 5 – by Angelo Fossati

The Iron Age in the Rock Art of Vermelhosa, Portugal.
Besides the figures attributable to the Palaeolithic times there are also petroglyphs that can be dated to the Iron Age (1st Millennium BC). These figures are engraved scratching the rock surface, sometimes with a stone, other times with a metal tool, as it is possible to note from the outlining. Read more

Le rupi scolpite delle Alpi Marittime (Issel 1901)

March 21, 2013 Academics, Featured, Mont Bego - Monte Bego, Open access, research history, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 29 INDEX
issel1901foto150

Fontanalba picture

TRACCE free e-books

Issel A. 1901. Le rupi scolpite nelle alte valli delle Alpi Marittime, Bullettino di paletnologia italiana, s. III, t. VII, a. XXVII, n. 10-12, pp. 218-259.
| full text-image flip book and PDF (from TRACCE scan-OCR, public domain) | Italian

[editor's note: the most detailed paper until that time on Mt. Bego’s engravings; Issel never recorded the engraved rocks, but attentively examined the literature and was in close and friendly contact with C. Bicknell]

by Arturo ISSEL

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TRACCE Online Rock Art Bulletin 28 – Jan 2013

January 31, 2013 TRACCE Bulletin E-covers, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 28 INDEX
Piero Barocelli

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# 28 – Jan 2013

TRACCE Online Rock Art Bulletin 28

––––––––––––––––––> by Footsteps of Man
edited by Le Orme dell’Uomo (Valcamonica – I)

28: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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Valcamonica, 2013 Rock Art Fieldwork & Field School

January 30, 2013 Methods - metodi, News - announcements - notizie, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 28, Valcamonica - Valtellina INDEX
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Tracing prehistory

Again in 2013, from July 18 to August 8, Footsteps of Man organizes its annual archaeology field school at Paspardo. This area gives a great opportunity to archaeologists, scholars, students and enthusiasts. The project participants will learn to survey, clean, photograph, draw and catalogue the rock engravings. The program involves field research, documentation, tracing, guided visits and lectures. Infos, poster and photo-galleries here available.

 

by Angelo Eugenio Fossati

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Megalitismo in Val Ceresio

January 25, 2013 Archaeo-metallurgy, Archaeoastronomy, Archaeology, Cup marks - coppelle, Megalithic art - arte megalitica, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 28, Western Alps INDEX

pir_ceresio150Gli Autori descrivono i reperti megalitici, il loro orientamento con le possibili correlazioni archeoastronomiche che potrebbero indicare una frequentazione pre e/o protostorica dei luoghi descritti. Segue un’analisi delle possibili prospettive di ricerca.

by A. Pirondini, G.P. Bocca, F. Pirondini* e C. Pirondini*




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Rupestreweb, 17 new papers online

January 23, 2013 books – journals – reviews, Mid-America, News - announcements - notizie, South America, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 28 INDEX
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Rupestreweb

January 2013, seventeen new papers on Rupestreweb, the best online Mid and South-America rock art review; a rich overlook about: Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Cuba, México, Perú, República Dominicana. Petroglyphs, rock paintings, research, archaeology… want you claim more?
Rupestreweb, Arte rupestre en América Latina.

by Rupestreweb

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L’età del Rame – The Copper Age

January 22, 2013 Alpine rock art - Arte rupestre alpina, Archaeology, Exhibition - mostra, News - announcements - notizie, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 28 INDEX

eta_rame_logo_quadL’età del Rame, la pianura padana e le Alpi al tempo di Ötzi. Mostra al Museo Diocesano di Brescia (via Gasparo da Salò 13, Brescia – I) dal 26 gennaio al 15 maggio 2013. The Copper Age, the Po plain and the Alps during the Ötzi time. Exhibition at the Museo Diocesano of Brescia, from Jan 26 to May 15 2013.
Presentazione e fotogalleria sui massi incisi dell’età del Rame – Copper Age engraved boulders photo-gallery available.

by Copper Age

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Entre Mont Bego et Val Camonica

January 13, 2013 Academics, Archaeology, Featured, Mont Bego - Monte Bego, Open access, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 28, Western Alps INDEX
meravigliemago

Merveilles, le Sorcier

TRACCE open access papers

Arcà Andrea, 2011.
Entre Bego et Val Camonica: une clé pour mieux comprendre l’origine de l’art rupestre dans les Alpes, in BEPAA XXII, pp. 71-89.
| full text-image inline PDF | French

La comparaison entre ces deux sites est cruciale pour l’encadrement global de l’art rupestre alpin.

by Andrea Arcà

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Oukaimeden, a Moroccan rock art site

January 8, 2013 Morocco, Photogallery, Talks - lectures - conferenze, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 28 INDEX
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Oukaimeden engraving

Here some slides and draft notes of a lecture I delivered in 2010, after visiting Oukaimeden in April 2007. I’m pleased to share pictures, but also some ideas: comments are welcome. Oukaimeden is a very important petroglyphic complex, showing Copper or Ancient Bronze  Age (III-beginnings of II mill. BC) engraved weapons, and also  interesting points of contact with similar European petroglpyhs, from the Iberian peninsula to the Alpine arc, Mt. Bego particularly. Last but not least, it is also a beautiful natural site...

by Andrea Arcà (Footsteps of Man – IIPP)

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Croci cristiane rupestri

January 7, 2013 Contemporary, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 28, Western Alps INDEX
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Andrate

A chi frequenta la montagna, capita spesso lungo i suoi sentieri di incontrare il “segno” della croce, sia nelle baite che inciso direttamente sulle rocce rocce nei pressi degli abitati. Sovente le croci sono di tipo semplice, ma talvolta si presentano più complesse o corredate da date e lettere. E’ una tradizione incisoria che mostra una vasta estensione geografica e radici assai profonde nel tempo, probabile retaggio di una consuetudine ancora viva ai tempi della Cristianizzazione delle regioni alpine.

by Enrico Gallo

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TRACCE 2012 top 100

January 7, 2013 books – journals – reviews, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 28 INDEX

traccestats201235 815 pageviews on TRACCE papers on 2012, from March 20 (TRACCE 3rd “refurbishment”) to December 31: 117 papers read each day. Detailed classification index available.

Sono 35.815 le pagine lette nel 2012, dal 20 marzo, data del 3° restyling di TRACCE, fino al 31 Decembre. 117 articoli letti ogni giorno. E’ disponibile la  classifica delle prime 100 posizioni.

by editor

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TRACCE Online Rock Art Bulletin 27 – Dec 2012

December 31, 2012 TRACCE Bulletin E-covers, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 27 INDEX
Piero Barocelli

TRACCE 27


# 27 – Dec 2012

TRACCE Online Rock Art Bulletin 27

––––––––––––––––––> by Footsteps of Man
edited by Le Orme dell’Uomo (Valcamonica – I)

27: 1 2 3

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Piero Barocelli, a rupestrian archeology pioneer

December 13, 2012 Academics, Alpine rock art - Arte rupestre alpina, Archaeology, books – journals – reviews, Featured, Methods - metodi, Mont Bego - Monte Bego, Open access, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 27, Western Alps INDEX

Piero Barocelli, archaeologist

Piero Barocelli’s work on Mt. Bego Petroglpyphs plays a highly original and markedly pioneering role for the Alpine and European rupestrian archaeology. Full text-image inline PDF available (TRACCE open access papers).

Gli studi di Piero Barocelli sui petroglifi del Monte Bego assumono per l’archeologia rupestre alpina ed europea una posizione fortemente originale e di marcato pionierismo. Disponibile la versione PDF integrale.

by Andrea Arcà

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Megalitismo e nuove ipotesi di ricerca

November 1, 2012 Appennino, Archaeo-metallurgy, Archaeoastronomy, Archaeology, Megalithic art - arte megalitica, Mines, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 27 INDEX

Viene descritto l’antico sito estrattivo, la sua ubicazione, l’orientamento, il rapporto con attigue strutture di interesse archeologico ed archeoastronomico che potrebbero essere correlate ad una frequentazione del luogo in età pre- e/o protostorica e le conseguenti nuove prospettive di studio.

by Alfredo Pirondini, Gian Paolo Bocca

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Looking at Ubaye petroglyphs with a candid eye

October 1, 2012 Contemporary, Ethnography - Etnografia, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 27, Western Alps INDEX

Ubaye rupestre symbol

Ubaye historic petroglyphs are under survey and study; they may unveil many data about traditional mountain shepherd life, culture and skills. It’s a poorly known and fragile heritage, which must be properly protected and appreciated.

by JF LETAVERNIER – Ubaye Rupestre

 

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TRACCE Online Rock Art Bulletin 26 – Jul 2012

July 31, 2012 TRACCE Bulletin E-covers, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 26 INDEX
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# 26 – Jul 2012

TRACCE Online Rock Art Bulletin 26

––––––––––––––––––> by Footsteps of Man
edited by Le Orme dell’Uomo (Valcamonica – I)

26: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

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Topografiche: culture e colture, potere e poderi…

July 2, 2012 Alpine rock art - Arte rupestre alpina, Interpretation and semiotics, Landscape, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 26, Valcamonica - Valtellina, Western Alps INDEX

Fontanalba (Mt. Bego)

Topographic engravings: cultivations and cultures, power and holdings: the topographic engravings must be registered in the history of the topography as the oldest zenithal representations of the western and middle-eastern world. Regarding the agriculture history they testify the development of the cultivation techniques, from the hoe to the plough… Abstract of the communication presented at the International Conference Stone Maps, June 2012, Capo di Ponte (Valcamonica – I)

by A. Arcà

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Alle origini dell’arte

June 19, 2012 Archaeology, News - announcements - notizie, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 26 INDEX

The IIPP logo

Alle origini dell’arte è un filmato-documentario realizzato dall’Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria con la preziosa collaborazione della Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Toscana per illustrare l’attualità dell’arte preistorica attraverso il patrimonio della biblioteca. Interventi di Maria Bernabò Brea, di Raffaele De Marinis e di Carlo Sisi.

At the origins of the art is a documentary realised by the IIPP – Italian Institute of Prehistory and Protohistory in co-operation with the Tuscany archaeological Superintendence. The goal is to illustrate the actuality of the prehistoric art through the heritage of the institute library.

by IIPP – Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria, Firenze

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Archaeology in Finalese Area (Western Liguria)

June 19, 2012 Appennino, Archaeology, Megalithic art - arte megalitica, Open access, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 26 INDEX

Ciappu de Cunche

A large number of archaeological sites and artifacts dating back to prehistoric times in Finale Ligure area (Western Liguria), are due to the appearance of the first manifestations of human religiosity. The Author, in light of these finds, explores the primitive roots of the religious phenomenon.

by Alfredo Pirondini

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