Bagnolo stele

The Bagnolo steles are two stone boulders found in Ceresolo-Bagnolo, Malegno commune, Brescia province, Lombardia, Northern Italy, at the base of Monte Mignone, at an altitude of ca. 700 m (2,300 ft).

Bagnolo 1

Bagnolo 1 was discovered in 1963, bearing depictions of 14 items, engraved by hammering.[1] Recognizable are drawings of a Sun, an axe and several daggers of the "Remedello" type, a belt and an ibex.[2]

Bagnolo 2

In 1972,[1] Bagnolo 2 was discovered, a similar stele with 16 engravings, showing the same daggers and axes, and a Sun, as well as a figure of a dog, and a ploughman with a team of two oxen, and patterns interpreted as necklaces and pendants.[3] Bagnolo 2 was found incorporated in a historic structure.[4]

Fragments of other engravings in the area

Fragments of other engraving were found in nearby Ossimo and Borno.[1]

Dating

From the style of the daggers depicted, the engravings have been dated to the Italian Chalcolithic, early to mid 3rd millennium BC, probably predating the presence of Indo-Europeans on the peninsula.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Zerla, Manuel. "Le Statue Stele di Ossimo". www.zerla.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2026-03-18.
  2. ^ "Valcamonica, Bagnolo 1". europreart.net. Archived from the original on 2005-01-25. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
  3. ^ Davidson, Iain; Nowell, April (2021-04-13). Making Scenes: Global Perspectives on Scenes in Rock Art. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-78920-921-1.
  4. ^ Anati, Emmanuel (1973). Origini: Preistoria e Protostoria delle Civilta' Antiche - Le Statue Stele Preistoriche di Bagnolo (PDF) (in Italian). Universita' degli Studi di Roma. p. 231.
  5. ^ Herring, Edward; O’Donoghue, Eoin (2018-08-13). Papers in Italian Archaeology VII: The Archaeology of Death: Proceedings of the Seventh Conference of Italian Archaeology held at the National University of Ireland, Galway, April 16-18, 2016. Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78491-922-1.

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