Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Western Terrace
Bronze-Iron Age (2000-500 BCE)·Camunian·🇮🇹 Lombardy, Brescia, Italy
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About Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Western Terrace
Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Western Terrace 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 chamber 11 × 2 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 46.0384N 10.3324E 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
- Excavated
c. 1200 BCE
Initial construction of Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Western Terrace main structure
c. 999 CE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Western Terrace
19th–20th century
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Western Terrace) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
46.0384° N · 10.3324° E · 366 m · 4 mapped features
- Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Western Terrace — Main Rock-Art FeaturereservoirPrimary reservoir at Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Western Terrace — burial gallery with stratified deposits46.0380° N · 10.3342° E
- Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Western Terrace — Secondary EnclosuremoundAncillary mound at Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Western Terrace — platform mound with stratified deposits46.0379° N · 10.3304° E
- Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Western Terrace — Outlier Rock Art PaneldromosOutlier dromos panel linked to Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Western Terrace ceremonial landscape46.0400° N · 10.3305° E
- Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Western Terrace — Hydraulic/Cistern AnnexstructureHydraulic feature — cistern/reservoir at Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Western Terrace with plastered basin46.0388° N · 10.3320° E
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