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<< Our Photo Pages >> Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles - Rock Art in France in Provence:Alpes-Maritimes (06)

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Tuesday, 07 June 2005  Page Views: 5335

Rock ArtSite Name: Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 14.472 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Provence:Alpes-Maritimes (06) Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Nice
Latitude: 44.076111N  Longitude: 7.438333E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 2 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles
Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles submitted by neolithique02 : Moulages au Musée de Tende "Le Sorcier", the most famous one. Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)
The vallée des Merveilles is the second largest known site of petroglyphs in the Alpes (around 40,000 engravings). Most of the engravings are from the bronze age 1,800 - 1,500 BCE. Many engravings show bulls and ploughs etc..

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Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles
Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles submitted by neolithique02 : Moulages au Musée de Tende Chariot and corniforms Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles
Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles submitted by neolithique02 : Gravures de la vallée des Merveilles Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles
Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles submitted by neolithique02 : Gravures de la vallée des Merveilles Site in Provence:Alpes-Maritimes (06) France Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles
Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles submitted by neolithique02 : Moulages au Musée de Tende Corniforms Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles
Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles submitted by neolithique02 : Moulages au Musée de Tende 6 reticulated (checkered) figures Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles
Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles submitted by neolithique02 : Moulages au Musée de Tende Hallebards are made of a blade perpendicularly fixed on a long handle. Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles
Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles submitted by neolithique02

Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles
Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles submitted by neolithique02 : Moulages au Musée de Tende Corniforms Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles
Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles submitted by neolithique02 : Moulages au Musée de Tende Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles
Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles submitted by neolithique02 : Gravures de la vallée des Merveilles Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles
Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles submitted by neolithique02 : Gravures de la vallée des Merveilles The petroglyphs (rock engravings), located on stone outcrops within the valley, were first identified by British amateur archaeologist Clarence Bicknell in 1881. Between 1897 and 1902, Bicknell copied and catalogued more than 10,000 drawings. Beginning in 1967, an extensive study of the petroglyphs was begun by French archaeologist Henry de Lumley. De Lum...

Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles
Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles submitted by neolithique02 : Gravures de la vallée des Merveilles - Réticulé (représentant un parcellaire de champs ?) "Réticulés" may represent parcellated fields, sometimes crossed by a path or a stream of water... All geometric figures make up 12,5% of all carvings and 12,5%. Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles
Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles submitted by neolithique02 : Gravures de la vallée des Merveilles - 2 corniformes tirant une araire A plough and two animals Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles
Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles submitted by neolithique02 : Gravures de la vallée des Merveilles - Poignard et réticulé Dagger Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles
Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles submitted by neolithique02 : Gravures de la vallée des Merveilles Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles
Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles submitted by neolithique02 : Gravures de la vallée des Merveilles You need to meet a Park ranger to see more petroglyphs (In summer, visit start at 8:00, 11:00, 13:00 and 15:00. It is a 2 to 3 hours visit starting from the Refuge des merveilles (2:30 hours from the parking) Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles
Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles submitted by neolithique02 : Gravures de la vallée des Merveilles Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles
Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles submitted by neolithique02 : Gravures de la vallée des Merveilles - Corniformes opposés 2 opposite corniforms Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles
Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles submitted by neolithique02 : Gravures de la vallée des Merveilles - 2 corniformes tirant une araire A plough and two animals. Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles
Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles submitted by neolithique02 : Gravures de la vallée des Merveilles - Poignard cerclé Copper dagger Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles
Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles submitted by neolithique02 : Gravures de la vallée des Merveilles Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles
Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles submitted by neolithique02 : Gravures de la vallée des Merveilles - Corniformes Corniforms Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles
Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles submitted by neolithique02 : Gravures de la vallée des Merveilles - Poignard Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles
Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles submitted by neolithique02 : Gravures de la vallée des Merveilles - Poignards Weapons and tools are constituted mainly of hallebards and daggers. The latter, in largest number, can be recognized by the triangular shape of the blade and their generally shorter handle. Hallebards are made of a blade perpendicularly fixed on a long handle. It was these weapons, particularly the daggers, which have served to date the car...

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Re: Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles by KaiHofmann on Wednesday, 26 June 2013
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The vallée des Merveilles is the second largest finding site of petroglyphs in the alpes (around 40.000 engravings). The most of the engravings are from the bronze age 1.800 - 1.500 BCE. Many engravings are showing bulls and ploughs etc..
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