Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Southern Extension
Bronze-Iron Age (2000-500 BCE)·Camunian·🇮🇹 Lombardy, Brescia, Italy
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About Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Southern Extension
Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Southern Extension 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 platform 4 × 6 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 46.0106N 10.3432E 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
- 01Chronology and phasing of construction episodes
- 02Function in regional settlement hierarchy
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
- Excavation ongoing
c. 1200 BCE
Initial construction of Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Southern Extension main structure
c. 1154 BCE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Southern Extension
1968–2016
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Southern Extension) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
46.0106° N · 10.3432° E · 361 m · 3 mapped features
Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Southern Extension — Main Rock-Art Feature
cairnPrimary cairn at Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Southern Extension — central chambered cairn with stratified deposits
46.0107° N · 10.3414° EVal Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Southern Extension — Secondary Enclosure
plazaAncillary plaza at Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Southern Extension — rock-cut facade with stratified deposits
46.0110° N · 10.3431° EVal Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Southern Extension — Outlier Rock Art Panel
reservoirOutlier reservoir panel linked to Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Southern Extension ceremonial landscape
46.0100° N · 10.3430° E