Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Eastern Outlier
Bronze-Iron Age (2000-500 BCE)·Camunian·🇮🇹 Lombardy, Brescia, Italy
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About Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Eastern Outlier
Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Eastern Outlier 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 necropolis 12 × 5 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 46.0349N 10.3536E 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
- 01Tribal capital and ritual aggregation
- 02Seasonal gathering locus
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 — Eastern Outlier main structure
c. 1099 BCE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Eastern Outlier
1967–2015
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Eastern Outlier) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
46.0349° N · 10.3536° E · 371 m · 3 mapped features
Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Eastern Outlier — Main Rock-Art Feature
plazaPrimary plaza at Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Eastern Outlier — central chambered cairn with stratified deposits
46.0359° N · 10.3524° EVal Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Eastern Outlier — Secondary Enclosure
reservoirAncillary reservoir at Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Eastern Outlier — burial gallery with stratified deposits
46.0330° N · 10.3524° EVal Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Eastern Outlier — Outlier Rock Art Panel
moundOutlier mound panel linked to Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Eastern Outlier ceremonial landscape
46.0351° N · 10.3554° E