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Iscrizioni simboliche, Lago delle Meraviglie (Prato 1884)

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Prato A. F. 1884. Sulle iscrizioni simboliche del Lago delle Meraviglie, Rivista Alpina Italiana, Periodico mensile del Club Alpino Italiano, 9, 30 settembre 1884, pp. 97-98.
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[editor’s note: in this short paper, published in the Italian Alpine Club review, the author suggests that the Marvels Lakes engravings where made to celebrate hunters with their preys, who died in this area]

by A. Filippo PRATO

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Alpi Marittime. Escursioni ai monti… Bego (Ghigliotti 1884)

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Ghigliotti F. 1884. Alpi Marittime, Escursioni ai monti, Bollettino del Club Alpino Italiano, 1884, pp. 225-261.
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[editor’s note: here an accurate report of a mountaineering ascent to the Mt. Bego summit, with a visit to the rock engravings and the first mention of the well-known Latin inscription “Hoc qui scripsit…”]

by A. Felice GHIGLIOTTI (member of the Italian Alpine Club)

Posted inAcademics free e-book Mont Bego - Monte Bego Open access research history TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 29

I laghi delle Meraviglie e Fontanalba (Celesia 1886)

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Celesia E., 1886. Escursioni alpine, I. – I laghi delle Meraviglie, II. – Fontanalba, estratto Boll. uff. Min. pubblica istr., fasc. V, maggio 1886, 27 pp., 4 tavv.
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[editor’s note: Here the discovery of the Fontanalba area, 68 figures in two plates. The first Italian academic paper on Mt. Bego’s engravings, due to the literatus E. Celesia, who suggests that the engravings were made by the Phoenicians]

by Emanuele CELESIA

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Le rupi scolpite delle Alpi Marittime (Issel 1901)

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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.
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[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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Valcamonica, 2013 Rock Art Fieldwork & Field School

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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

Posted inArchaeo-metallurgy Archaeoastronomy Archaeology Cup marks - coppelle Megalithic art - arte megalitica TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 28 Western Alps

Megalitismo in Val Ceresio

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

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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

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

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

by Andrea Arcà

Posted inMorocco Photogallery Talks - lectures - conferenze TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 28

Oukaimeden, a Moroccan rock art site

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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

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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

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.

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