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Submitted by mpwpir on Thursday, 08 July 2010  Page Views: 7992

Rock ArtSite Name: Site near Finale Ligure
Country: Italy Region: Liguria Type: Rock Art

Latitude: 44.193450N  Longitude: 8.312250E
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
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2Not Good
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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
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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
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Site near Finale Ligure: The Pool
Site near Finale Ligure: The Pool submitted by mpwpir : Observations on a site of archaeological interest near Finale Ligure: The Pool Italy (Vote or comment on this photo)
Rock Art and other features in Piemonte, Italy. The site, its orientation and exhibits (petroglyphs, ponds for water harvesting) and neighboring geological formations of interest for any links with the site. A brief analysis on the possible use and dating of the finds on site.

This is a particular bioclastic limestone rock formation dating from the Miocene period (Stone Final), located near the Castelliere delle Anime (Castle Rock of Souls) of Perti (Finale Ligure - Italy).

The complex has a characteristically "U" shaped, with opening facing at east and is located 342 m above sea level, coordinates: 44°11'36.420''N; 8°18'44.100''E.

Currently (the last survey the author goes back to July 2009) the area is overrun with vegetation, which often hides and / or hinders the exploration of the site.

The formation resembles a Greek theater so arranged: a rock to the west about 180 cm high, with flat surface (about 4 square meters, presenting grooves and cups; the south wall is separated from the preceding by a "corridor" about 2 m wide, leading into a wooded area.

On this wall are carved small steps that invite the visitor to climb.

Once on top of this wall, follow it east about 4 meters, you reach a rocky crevice elliptical, with a larger diameter positioned along the east-west axis, containing water, named Pozza d'Acqua Perenne (Perennial Water Well).

This name finds its justification in the fact that, within the well, water is always present, even during a dry year.
Continuing the climb, you reach the top of a cliff, where you can see the presence of a large pool, bottom and sanded smooth, able to collect rainwater leaking from a channel "to lose" quandoraggiunge level latter.

From this rocky cliff you can admire the beautiful landscape and the so-called "Formaggette” (Cheeses), a geological formation (like large loaves of cheese stacked) south of our vantage point.

The east wall is difficult to explore, but it might conceal, underneath the thick vegetation, finds interesting as a careful observation.

At this point, we pose some problems: not least the significance and dating of the finds on site and their possible relationship with the inhabitants of the Rock of Perti.

Indeed, we know that the Castelliere, better known as Village of Souls, the core of Iron Age hill (around the tenth century BC), has more ancient origins: it can be found in the caves surrounding tracks dating back some 8000 years ago , belonging probably to the Neolithic.

The channels and the plates placed on Ciappo Western Wall, as well as the large pool (with gutter attached) to the south are, presumably of anthropogenic origin. Not so you can tell the water well sustainability and cheeses that are geological formations due, presumably, the erosive action of meteoric phenomena.

These formations could attract the attention of the prehistoric frequenters of the area.

On the one hand, Cheeses, located at sunrise, the observer, could serve as a natural standing stones (such as the Idol of Penn of Ponci Valley). Across the Perennial Water Well and large pool would provide a water reserve, very valuable in a place like this.

As regards, however, the petroglyphs of eastern Ciappo, like all the similar exhibits, difficulties are even greater, due to the fact that, as other sites in the area of the Finale, is an "open", easily editable by external agents: atmospheric, and above all human. It is a known fact that this complex has been and is, as yet, explored (as shown by the names given in this report), although less frequently, given the lush vegetation that invades it.

It would be desirable to encourage further study of this and other complexes, not least from the standpoint of archaeoastronomy, this, at present seems the most promising and challenging.

By Alfredo Pirondini (mpwpir)
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Site near Finale Ligure: Steps on the rock
Site near Finale Ligure: Steps on the rock submitted by mpwpir : Observations on a site of archaeological interest near Finale Ligure: Steps on the rock Italy (Vote or comment on this photo)

Site near Finale Ligure: The Cheeses
Site near Finale Ligure: The Cheeses submitted by mpwpir : Observations on a site of archaeological interest near Finale Ligure: The Cheeses Italy (Vote or comment on this photo)

Site near Finale Ligure: Perennial Water Well
Site near Finale Ligure: Perennial Water Well submitted by mpwpir : Observations on a site of archaeological interest near Finale Ligure: Perennial Water Well Italy (Vote or comment on this photo)

Site near Finale Ligure: Small steps on the rock
Site near Finale Ligure: Small steps on the rock submitted by mpwpir : small steps on the rock Italy (Vote or comment on this photo)

Site near Finale Ligure: The Cheeses
Site near Finale Ligure: The Cheeses submitted by mpwpir : Observations on a site of archaeological interest near Finale Ligure: The Cheeses Italy

Site near Finale Ligure: The Pool
Site near Finale Ligure: The Pool submitted by mpwpir : Observations on a site of archaeological interest near Finale Ligure: The Pool Italy

Site near Finale Ligure: Petroglyphs
Site near Finale Ligure: Petroglyphs submitted by mpwpir : Observations on a site of archaeological interest near Finale Ligure: petroglyphs Italy

Site near Finale Ligure: Petroglyphs
Site near Finale Ligure: Petroglyphs submitted by mpwpir

Site near Finale Ligure: Petroglyphs
Site near Finale Ligure: Petroglyphs submitted by mpwpir

Site near Finale Ligure: Petroglyphs
Site near Finale Ligure: Petroglyphs submitted by mpwpir

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Re: Site near Finale Ligure by wolfgangschreiber on Wednesday, 04 August 2010
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