Abstract:Abridged versionThe high valleys of the mount Bego region (Tende, Alpes-Maritimes, France), in the Mercantour massif, contain about 36,000 engravings commonly attributed to the Neolithic and the Bronze Age lato sensu. The greater popularity of the vallée des Merveilles compared to the val de Fontanalba, the other main engraved area of the region, is partly explained by the presence of several complex and larges anthropomorphs. Overhanging a pastoral path and the left bank of the torrent des Merveilles, which c… Show more
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