Tag Archive for Bronze Age

Oukaimeden, a Moroccan rock art site

January 8, 2013 Morocco, Photogallery, Talks - lectures - conferenze, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 28 No comments
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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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Valcamonica, 2012 Rock Art Fieldwork & Field School

March 30, 2012 Methods - metodi, News - announcements - notizie, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 25, Valcamonica - Valtellina 3 comments

Tracing Valcamonica rock art

Again in 2012 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. (2013 fieldwork Jul 18-Aug 8)

 

by Angelo Eugenio Fossati

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“Praying figures” in Valcamonica rock art

February 28, 2012 Academics, Interpretation and semiotics, Open access, TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 25, Valcamonica - Valtellina No comments
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TRACCE open access papers

Arcà Andrea, 2001.
Chronology and interpretation of the “Praying figures” in Valcamonica rock-art. In: Archeologia e arte rupestre: l’Europa – le Alpi – la Valcamonica, secondo convegno internazionale di archeologia rupestre. Atti del Convegno di studi, 2-5 ottobre 1997, Darfo Boario terme, Milano, 2001, pp. 185-198

| abstract and full text-image inline PDF | English, Italian
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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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