A Contribution to the Study of Conical Stone Altars of the Rungger Egg Type. Preliminary Report on the Excavations at Wallnereck in the Municipalty of Ritten(South Tyrol)The site at Wallnereck in the municipality of Ritten (Bozen province, Italy) is one of themany conical stone pyramids of the Rungger Egg or Bozen type that have often been mentioned in the literature. The excavation provides the first detailed insight into the use and characteristics of such a site. It is indeed a burnt-offering place, as has been assumed by most authors, but in the case of Wallnereck it was not the conical stone pyramid that was used as a cremation site, but instead the area below it. Additionally, a dating framework for the construction of the complex could be worked out in the stage Ha D / Lt A.

Ein Beitrag zur Erforschung der Steinkegelaltäre vom Typ Rungger Egg. Vorbericht über die Ausgrabungen am Wallnereck in der Gemeinde Ritten (Südtirol) / A. Putzer, N. Wahlmüller, W. Kofler, K. Oeggl, V. Depellegrin, U. Tecchiati. - In: GERMANIA. - ISSN 0016-8874. - 89:1-2(2011), pp. 39-78.

Ein Beitrag zur Erforschung der Steinkegelaltäre vom Typ Rungger Egg. Vorbericht über die Ausgrabungen am Wallnereck in der Gemeinde Ritten (Südtirol)

U. Tecchiati
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2011

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A Contribution to the Study of Conical Stone Altars of the Rungger Egg Type. Preliminary Report on the Excavations at Wallnereck in the Municipalty of Ritten(South Tyrol)The site at Wallnereck in the municipality of Ritten (Bozen province, Italy) is one of themany conical stone pyramids of the Rungger Egg or Bozen type that have often been mentioned in the literature. The excavation provides the first detailed insight into the use and characteristics of such a site. It is indeed a burnt-offering place, as has been assumed by most authors, but in the case of Wallnereck it was not the conical stone pyramid that was used as a cremation site, but instead the area below it. Additionally, a dating framework for the construction of the complex could be worked out in the stage Ha D / Lt A.
Righi votivi; altari di pietre; Alto Adige; età del Ferro
Settore L-ANT/01 - Preistoria e Protostoria
Settore L-ANT/10 - Metodologie della Ricerca Archeologica
2011
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