Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Northern Annex
Bronze-Iron Age (2000-500 BCE)·Camunian·🇮🇹 Lombardy, Brescia, Italy
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About Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Northern Annex
Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Northern Annex 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 3 × 4 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 46.0145N 10.3403E 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
- 01Nature of burial rites and population
- 02Landscape function
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 — Northern Annex main structure
c. 730 CE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Northern Annex
2003–2019
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Northern Annex) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
46.0145° N · 10.3403° E · 369 m · 4 mapped features
Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Northern Annex — Main Rock-Art Feature
chamberPrimary chamber at Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Northern Annex — enclosure wall with stratified deposits
46.0133° N · 10.3409° EVal Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Northern Annex — Secondary Enclosure
cairnAncillary cairn at Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Northern Annex — enclosure wall with stratified deposits
46.0157° N · 10.3402° EVal Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Northern Annex — Outlier Rock Art Panel
plazaOutlier plaza panel linked to Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Northern Annex ceremonial landscape
46.0151° N · 10.3393° EVal Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Northern Annex — Hydraulic/Cistern Annex
reservoirHydraulic feature — cistern/reservoir at Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Northern Annex with plastered basin
46.0142° N · 10.3399° E