Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44
Bronze-Iron Age (2000-500 BCE)·Camunian·🇮🇹 Lombardy, Brescia, Italy
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About Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44
Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 in Lombardy, Brescia, Italy is a Bronze-Iron Age (2000-500 BCE) rock art attributed to Camunian. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal citadel 5 × 3 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 46.0182N 10.3482E controls access to Lombardy, Brescia resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey rock-art for Lombardy, Brescia, illustrating Camunian construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction labor organization
- 02Chronology and phasing
Theories
- 01Ancestral burial reuse over centuries
- 02Astronomical alignment hypothesis
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 1200 BCE
- Period
- Bronze-Iron Age (2000-500 BCE)
- Culture
- Camunian
- Purpose
- Rock art shelter and aggregation locus
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 1200 BCE
Initial construction of Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 main structure
c. 752 CE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44
1975–2012
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
46.0182° N · 10.3482° E · 372 m · 3 mapped features
Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Main Rock-Art Feature
templePrimary temple at Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — burial gallery with stratified deposits
46.0200° N · 10.3499° EVal Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Secondary Enclosure
chamberAncillary chamber at Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — rock-cut facade with stratified deposits
46.0193° N · 10.3496° EVal Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Outlier Rock Art Panel
cairnOutlier cairn panel linked to Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 ceremonial landscape
46.0177° N · 10.3474° E