Arco stelae

The Arco Stelae consist of six Copper Age statue menhirs which were discovered in the vicinity of Arco, Trentino, in 1989.^[1] They are similar in style to other anthropomorphic stelae made across Europe between the 4th and 3rd millennium BCE.^[2]

Arco I

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Arco I, discovered in 1989, is 215 cm high limestone stela.^[1] It depicts a heavily-armed, apparently male figure with seven daggers, three axes, three halberds and an ornamental necklace.^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Pedrotti, Annaluisa (1995). "Le statue-stele e le stele antropomorfe del trentino Alto Adige e del Veneto occidentale: gruppo atesino, gruppo di Brentonico, gruppo della Lessinia". Notizie Archeologiche Bergomensi (in Italian). 3: 259–280.259-280&rft.date=1995&rft.aulast=Pedrotti&rft.aufirst=Annaluisa&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Arco stelae" class="Z3988">
^ Vierzig, Angelika (2020). "Anthropomorphic Stelae of the 4th and 3rd Millennia Between the Caucasus and the Atlantic Ocean". Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 86: 111–137. doi:10.1017/ppr.2020.12. ISSN 0079-497X. S2CID 229332275.111-137&rft.date=2020&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:229332275#id-name=S2CID&rft.issn=0079-497X&rft_id=info:doi/10.1017/ppr.2020.12&rft.aulast=Vierzig&rft.aufirst=Angelika&rft_id=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-prehistoric-society/article/abs/anthropomorphic-stelae-of-the-4th-and-3rd-millennia-between-the-caucasus-and-the-atlantic-ocean/804684B0E0275FC5754A04EF72A448D3&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Arco stelae" class="Z3988">
^ Harris, Susanna; Hofmann, Kerstin P. (January 2014). "From Stones to Gendered Bodies: Regional Differences in the Production of the Body and Gender on the Copper Age Statue-Menhirs of Northern Italy and the Swiss Valais". European Journal of Archaeology. 17 (2): 264–285. doi:10.1179/1461957114Y.0000000054. ISSN 1461-9571. S2CID 161134630.264-285&rft.date=2014-01&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:161134630#id-name=S2CID&rft.issn=1461-9571&rft_id=info:doi/10.1179/1461957114Y.0000000054&rft.aulast=Harris&rft.aufirst=Susanna&rft.au=Hofmann, Kerstin P.&rft_id=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-journal-of-archaeology/article/abs/from-stones-to-gendered-bodies-regional-differences-in-the-production-of-the-body-and-gender-on-the-copper-age-statuemenhirs-of-northern-italy-and-the-swiss-valais/D436653496073A98E2DD1741E1C3DFD9&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Arco stelae" class="Z3988">
^ Priuli, Ausilio (2023), Chao, Hing; Jaquet, Daniel; Kim, Loretta (eds.), "Arms and the Armed: The Evocative Ritual Language in Val Camonica Rock Art", Martial Culture and Historical Martial Arts in Europe and Asia: A Multi-perspective View on Sword Culture, Martial Studies, vol. 2, Singapore: Springer Nature, pp. 3–43, doi:10.1007/978-981-19-2037-0_1, ISBN 978-981-19-2037-03-43&rft.date=2023&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007/978-981-19-2037-0_1&rft.isbn=978-981-19-2037-0&rft.aulast=Priuli&rft.aufirst=Ausilio&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Arco stelae" class="Z3988">

External links

Media related to Statue stele di Arco at Wikimedia Commons
Arco I, The Stelae-Statues of Lunigiana

[:0-1] Pedrotti, Annaluisa (1995). "Le statue-stele e le stele antropomorfe del trentino Alto Adige e del Veneto occidentale: gruppo atesino, gruppo di Brentonico, gruppo della Lessinia". Notizie Archeologiche Bergomensi (in Italian). 3: 259–280.259-280&rft.date=1995&rft.aulast=Pedrotti&rft.aufirst=Annaluisa&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Arco stelae" class="Z3988">

[2] Vierzig, Angelika (2020). "Anthropomorphic Stelae of the 4th and 3rd Millennia Between the Caucasus and the Atlantic Ocean". Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 86: 111–137. doi:10.1017/ppr.2020.12. ISSN 0079-497X. S2CID 229332275.111-137&rft.date=2020&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:229332275#id-name=S2CID&rft.issn=0079-497X&rft_id=info:doi/10.1017/ppr.2020.12&rft.aulast=Vierzig&rft.aufirst=Angelika&rft_id=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-prehistoric-society/article/abs/anthropomorphic-stelae-of-the-4th-and-3rd-millennia-between-the-caucasus-and-the-atlantic-ocean/804684B0E0275FC5754A04EF72A448D3&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Arco stelae" class="Z3988">

[3] Harris, Susanna; Hofmann, Kerstin P. (January 2014). "From Stones to Gendered Bodies: Regional Differences in the Production of the Body and Gender on the Copper Age Statue-Menhirs of Northern Italy and the Swiss Valais". European Journal of Archaeology. 17 (2): 264–285. doi:10.1179/1461957114Y.0000000054. ISSN 1461-9571. S2CID 161134630.264-285&rft.date=2014-01&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:161134630#id-name=S2CID&rft.issn=1461-9571&rft_id=info:doi/10.1179/1461957114Y.0000000054&rft.aulast=Harris&rft.aufirst=Susanna&rft.au=Hofmann, Kerstin P.&rft_id=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-journal-of-archaeology/article/abs/from-stones-to-gendered-bodies-regional-differences-in-the-production-of-the-body-and-gender-on-the-copper-age-statuemenhirs-of-northern-italy-and-the-swiss-valais/D436653496073A98E2DD1741E1C3DFD9&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Arco stelae" class="Z3988">

[4] Priuli, Ausilio (2023), Chao, Hing; Jaquet, Daniel; Kim, Loretta (eds.), "Arms and the Armed: The Evocative Ritual Language in Val Camonica Rock Art", Martial Culture and Historical Martial Arts in Europe and Asia: A Multi-perspective View on Sword Culture, Martial Studies, vol. 2, Singapore: Springer Nature, pp. 3–43, doi:10.1007/978-981-19-2037-0_1, ISBN 978-981-19-2037-03-43&rft.date=2023&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007/978-981-19-2037-0_1&rft.isbn=978-981-19-2037-0&rft.aulast=Priuli&rft.aufirst=Ausilio&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Arco stelae" class="Z3988">

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