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  • Ronchi di Zir
  • Ronchi di Zir
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    Chronology

    • 5000 BC - 1000 BC

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      • A number of engraved rock surfaces are present in the locality of Ronchi di Zir. The survey undertaken by E. Süss listed most of them, inserting the surfaces into the numerical sequence Naquane Park catalogue. Although the rocks are well outside the confines of the Park, this numbering has been kept for the sake of clarity, the newly discovered surfaces continuing the Naquane sequence. During the campaign two new engraved rocks were identified: r. 78 and 106, and documentation of the four known surfaces: r. 75-76-104-105, continued. The surfaces were cleared of vegetation and photographed in both natural and artificial light. The engravings were traced and plans and sections made. R. 75. Situated uphill from r. 77, this elongated and sloping surface was under dense vegetation and will be investigated next season. R. 76. A surface extending east to west, naturally divided into sectors. The slope varies, being very steep towards the summit of the rock and horizontal and rounded in the lower part, where most of the engravings are present. They comprise schematic figures at prayer, figures at prayer with large hands, armed figures and structures. Some figures are difficult to interpret. Tracings were made. R. 78. A small, almost vertical surface, exposed to the west and well-preserved, surmounted by a retaining wall. It presents numerous engravings of mid and late Iron Age date: armed figures, horses, cervids, birds, structures and several interesting representations of horsemen. The engravings were traced. R. 104. Rounded, emerging surface overlooking a steep drop towards the west. engravings are present on the horizontal summit, on the surrounding sloping sectors and in the glacial stria. Towards the north, it slopes slightly and terminates with a sharp drop down to a natural triangular fracture, which seems to be the focus of interest around which there are numerous engravings: schematic figures in prayer, “staircases of figures in prayer”, cup-marks, modules of cup-marks, and in a second phase, dating to the Iron Age, armed figures and symbols. All engravings were traced. R. 105. This small smooth, almost vertical surface appears in a gully excavated by water, along the course of a seasonal stream, and is almost constantly wet. It presents two armed figures of the middle Iron Age and a few other marks. The engravings were traced. R. 106. A few metres south of r. 104, on a vertical rock face, there is a clear figura a patina of an Iron Age construction. The engravings were traced. The rocks are being catalogued in the IRweb database of the Archaeological Superintendency of Lombardy.

    Bibliography

      • E. Süss, 1956, La mappa delle incisioni rupestri della zoan di Naquane – Ronchi di Zir, in Commentari dell’Ateneo di Brescia, 1955: 261-266.
      • E. Anati, 1976, Per un censimento dell’arte rupestre in Valcamonica, in: BCSP 13-14: 43-64.