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Name      
Italia    Valcamonica, Cemmo 3
Italy map
Keywords: Copper Age, sun, daggers, axes, animals, halberds, human figures
Institution: Cooperativa Archeologica Le Orme dell'Uomo - Valcamonica (Footsteps of Man)   http://rupestre.net/orme   |   CONTACT
Record
proposed
by
 Orme dell'Uomo - Footsteps of Man, Valcamonica - Italy
 
Location

Country:

 Italia

Locality:

 Cemmo, Pian delle Greppe

Region:

 Lombardia

Area:

 Valcamonica

 

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Cemmo 3 boulder (photo by A. Arcą - Le Orme dell'Uomo)
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superimposition between human figures and animals (photo by A. Fossati - Le Orme dell'Uomo)


 
Environment & Surface

Altitude:

400 m
Open-air   Shelter   Cave Portable   Megalithic

Geography:
Boulder is found in the plain called Pian delle Greppe at Cemmo, fraction of Capo di Ponte (BS). The land was used for grapes, now on for pastures.

Proximity:

 Not far from the road that connects Cemmo to Capo di Ponte, in front of the local museum and the Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici

Geology:
Erratic boulder, sandstone

Surface:
vertical, smoothed, patinated,

Dimensions:
Length 1.25 m.  Width 0.85 m.

 

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halberds on Cemmo 3 boulder (photo by F. Zaina - 1994)
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Complete tracing of face A (tracing by S. Casini, P. Frontini)
 
Art        

Description:

 Engravings   Paintings   Painted engravings   High or low-relief   Sculpture
Capo di Ponte Municipality (BS-I), in the Pian delle Greppe site. The engravings are executed on a boulder by hammering. Almost all the engravings are concentrated on the frontal surface and of the sides.

Figures:
total number 160
Sun, axes, daggers of Remedello type, animals, halberds, human figures, cup marks, topographic figures,

Chronology:

 Palaeolithic   Epipalaeolithic - Mesolithic   Neolithic   Copper Age   Bronze Age   Iron Age   Roman   Middle Age   Modern   Unknown
Copper Age and Bronze Age (style III A 2-III B-C; 2400-2000 BC)

Notes:
The stela was discovered casually in 1981 by A. De Giuli, during the construction of the soccer field. The excavation undertaken in 1983 has clarified the stratigraphy of the finding: the boulder was in a secondary position, probably fallen from the high position. More info about Valcamonica and Alpine Rock Art at http://rupestre.net/alps.
 
Bibliography        





European total bibliography, by EuroPreArt partnersTotal (Europe)
Italia EuroPreArt general bibliography, by Cooperativa Archeologica <em>Le Orme dell'Uomo</em> - Valcamonica (Footsteps of Man)General (country)
Specific Valcamonica, Cemmo 3 bibliography, by Cooperativa Archeologica <em>Le Orme dell'Uomo</em> - Valcamonica (Footsteps of Man)Specific (site)
Rock Art Studies: A Bibliographic worldwide Database (external link). Compiled by Leigh Marymor. Copyright (C) 2001-2002 by the Library, University of California, Berkeley Bibliographic
Rock Art
Database

 

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Complete tracing of face B (tracing by S. Casini, P. Frontini)
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Complete tracing of face C (tracing by S. Casini, P. Frontini)
 
Conservation        

Status:

 Public   Private   Park   Classified site

Risk:
There are problem of esfoliations with cracks.

Conservation:

 Good   Quite good   Mediocre   Bad

Intervention:
The boulder has been traced and coloured few times. It is visited by many students during the year. It is conserved in the national Park of rock engravings.

 
By          

Compiler:

 A. Fossati 2001

Institution:

 Cooperativa Archeologica Le Orme dell'Uomo - Valcamonica (Footsteps of Man)   http://rupestre.net/orme   |   CONTACT
 
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