Bagnolo stele
Stone boulders found in Italy with Chalcolithic engravings
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The Bagnolo steles are two stone boulders found in Ceresolo-Bagnolo, Malegno commune, Brescia province, Lombardia, Northern Italy, at the base of Monte Mignone, at an altitude of ca. 700 m (2,300 ft).
Bagnolo 1
Bagnolo 2
In 1972,[1] Bagnolo 2 was discovered, a similar stele with 16 engravings, showing the same daggers and axes, and a Sun, as well as a figure of a dog, and a ploughman with a team of two oxen, and patterns interpreted as necklaces and pendants.[3] Bagnolo 2 was found incorporated in a historic structure.[4]
Fragments of other engravings in the area
Dating
From the style of the daggers depicted, the engravings have been dated to the Italian Chalcolithic, early to mid 3rd millennium BC, probably predating the presence of Indo-Europeans on the peninsula.[5]