Posted inAcademics Alpine rock art - Arte rupestre alpina Archaeology Featured Megalithic art - arte megalitica Methods - metodi TRACCE Onl. RA Bull.34 Western Alps

Chenal shelter, six thousand years of iconography

Chenal shelter
Chenal shelter

The oldest post-Palaeolithic engravings of the Alps, 5th millennium BC, reveal many contact points with the ancient megalithic art of Brittany. We publish here the complete paper related to the Montjovet-Chenal shelter, Aosta valley; Italian version, with short English abstract and all-sectors tracings. Full text-image searchable flip book (Flash plugin needed). The low-res PDF is also available.

by A. Arcà, D. Daudry, A. Fossati, F. Morello, L. Raiteri

Posted inArchaeology Megalithic art - arte megalitica Methods - metodi News - announcements - notizie Photogallery Talks - lectures - conferenze TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 32 Western Alps

Chenal: il riparo inciso – the engraved shelter

Chenal schelter
Chenal shelter

Una recente scoperta: le più antiche figure post-paleolitiche dell’arte rupestre alpina. A recent discovery: the most ancient post-palaeolithic figures of the alpine rock art. Venerdì 9 maggio 2014 ore 17.30 presentazione pubblica ad Aosta; Friday, May 9, 2014 5:30 p.m. public presentation at Aosta (I).

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by A. Arcà, D. Daudry, A. Fossati, F. Morello, L. Raiteri, L. Bornaz

Posted inMethods - metodi News - announcements - notizie TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 28 Valcamonica - Valtellina

Valcamonica, 2013 Rock Art Fieldwork & Field School

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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

Posted inMethods - metodi News - announcements - notizie TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 25 Valcamonica - Valtellina

Valcamonica, 2012 Rock Art Fieldwork & Field School

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

Posted inArchaeology Featured Megalithic art - arte megalitica TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 25

Gavrinis, une approche multiscalaire

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

Posted inRock art SOS TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 23 Western Alps

Cavour, deturpate le pitture rupestri neolitiche

Rocca di Cavour, pitture rupestri
Cavour, pitture rupestri

Newly and hardly damaged and defaced the Rocca di Cavour rock paintings. A hand-made white writing now covers the rock-shelter painted wall. Risale al febbraio del 2009 il gravissimo danneggiamento delle pitture rupestri della Rocca di Cavou. Una scritta a smalto bianca copre infatti quasi completamente le figure dipinte.

by Orme dell’Uomo – Footsteps of Man

Posted inFeatured Methods - metodi TRACCE Onl. RA Bull. 16 Valcamonica - Valtellina

Dating and (up)dating Valcamonica rock art

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