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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Bioggio Lepontische StelenCountry: Switzerland Canton: Tessin Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Lugano Nearest Village: Bioggio
Latitude: 46.013820N Longitude: 8.905780E
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4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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Megalithic89 visited on 22nd Aug 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5
The oldest archaeological evidence found in Bioggio, are three epigraphic stele found not in situ during the archaeological excavations of the second half of the nineties of the 20th century. The three tombstones are engraved – within schematized anthropomorphic figures – of short inscriptions in the northern Etruscan (=Lepontic) alphabet dating back to the 4th to 3rd century BC, with the name of the deceased.
The location of the Iron Age necropolis, which was the original context to which the three stelae belonged, is unknown.
Two of the stelae can be seen in the Municipal House of Bioggio and the Area archeologica di San Maurizio, Via San Maurizio, 6934 Bioggio. The third stele is safely kept in the depot of Ufficio dei Beni Culturali, 6501 Bellinzona.
References:
a) Patrizia Cavadini-Bielander, Rossana Cardani Vergani, Giovanni Maria Staffieri: Bioggio. Berna 2008, p. 10 (in Italian).
b) Morinini Moira, Bolletino dell´Associazione archeologica ticinese, 2003, p. 17 and p. 20 (in Italian).
c) Swiss Stone Monuments Inventory, www.ssdi.ch, Objects No. 6934.01, 6934.02 and 6934.03
Link to SSDI Object No. 6934.01
Link to SSDI Object No. 6934.02
Link to SSDI Object No. 6934.03
(in German).
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