DOI Artikel:
Forni, Gaetano: Notes and comments: recent archaeological finds of tilling tools and fossil ard traces in Italy
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.49001#0063
FINDS OF TILLING TOOLS
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Antichita” of Aosta. Mezzena’s detailed re-
port is in preparation.
The staff of Anati, carrying out research
on new rock-carvings in Valcamonica (Bres-
cia, Central Alps), found some new plough-
ing scenes of the Bronze Age (fig-3). So,
within the Corpus of the rock carvings of
Valcamonica, we have some thirty ploughing
scenes which - according to Anati dating
(1964, 1975, 1979) run from the late
Neolithic (Campanine ploughing scene) to
the late Iron Age. Form (1976) has analysed
these rock carvings and reported on them to
the International Congress for Prehistory of
Nice (1976). A more systematic and com-
plete study is now in preparation.
In the near by Valtellina (Sondrio), rake-
shaped proto-harrows (used in the prehis-
toric swidden cultivation) have been found
carved in the rocks. They have been repro-
duced by D.Pace (1972). These tools have
been analysed by Form (in the press, a).
Research carried out by Catacchio Neg-
roni led to the discovery in 1975, at Fonti
della Nova (Viterbo, Central Italy), of fossil
ard traces on tufa (fig. 6), surrounding the
remains of huts of late Iron Age (not yet
published).
Forni, in his study of pieces kept in stores
of various Italian museums (till now neither
described nor scientifically analysed, and
therefore unknown to researchers) has rec-
ognized a pre-Roman share (2nd century
B.C.) from Giara near Ameglia (La Spezia)
{Forni, in press, b) (fig. 4). This share was
found by U. Mazzini in 1911. It is highly
corroded, and is 23 cm long, but, consider-
ing that the apex part is missing, it was
probably more than 40 cm long.
Then Forni analysed some interesting
ploughing scenes on pre-Roman situlas (6th-
4th century B.C.), in particular the one on
the Montebelluna situla (kept in the museum
of Treviso), and analogous to the situlas of
San Zeno (Trento), Certosa (Bologna) and
Sebazio (Istria). A systematic study on this
subject is to be published.
Finally he has studied some Roman sym-
Fig. 2a, b. The Carrera ard (12-llth cent. B.C.) when it was found (by courtesy from R. Perini).
Die Ari von Carrera (12.-11. Jahrh. v.Chr.), als sie gefunden wurde (mit freundlicher Genehmigung
von R. Perini).
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Antichita” of Aosta. Mezzena’s detailed re-
port is in preparation.
The staff of Anati, carrying out research
on new rock-carvings in Valcamonica (Bres-
cia, Central Alps), found some new plough-
ing scenes of the Bronze Age (fig-3). So,
within the Corpus of the rock carvings of
Valcamonica, we have some thirty ploughing
scenes which - according to Anati dating
(1964, 1975, 1979) run from the late
Neolithic (Campanine ploughing scene) to
the late Iron Age. Form (1976) has analysed
these rock carvings and reported on them to
the International Congress for Prehistory of
Nice (1976). A more systematic and com-
plete study is now in preparation.
In the near by Valtellina (Sondrio), rake-
shaped proto-harrows (used in the prehis-
toric swidden cultivation) have been found
carved in the rocks. They have been repro-
duced by D.Pace (1972). These tools have
been analysed by Form (in the press, a).
Research carried out by Catacchio Neg-
roni led to the discovery in 1975, at Fonti
della Nova (Viterbo, Central Italy), of fossil
ard traces on tufa (fig. 6), surrounding the
remains of huts of late Iron Age (not yet
published).
Forni, in his study of pieces kept in stores
of various Italian museums (till now neither
described nor scientifically analysed, and
therefore unknown to researchers) has rec-
ognized a pre-Roman share (2nd century
B.C.) from Giara near Ameglia (La Spezia)
{Forni, in press, b) (fig. 4). This share was
found by U. Mazzini in 1911. It is highly
corroded, and is 23 cm long, but, consider-
ing that the apex part is missing, it was
probably more than 40 cm long.
Then Forni analysed some interesting
ploughing scenes on pre-Roman situlas (6th-
4th century B.C.), in particular the one on
the Montebelluna situla (kept in the museum
of Treviso), and analogous to the situlas of
San Zeno (Trento), Certosa (Bologna) and
Sebazio (Istria). A systematic study on this
subject is to be published.
Finally he has studied some Roman sym-
Fig. 2a, b. The Carrera ard (12-llth cent. B.C.) when it was found (by courtesy from R. Perini).
Die Ari von Carrera (12.-11. Jahrh. v.Chr.), als sie gefunden wurde (mit freundlicher Genehmigung
von R. Perini).