Prehistoric sites in Italy

By dony
  • 200,000 BCE

    "Tecchia" Cave of Equi Terme

    lots of animal bones of Pleistocene and Mousterian stone tools made by Neanderthals.
  • 11,000 BCE

    Stone carvings of Val Camonica

    one of the largest collections of prehistoric petroglyphs in the world
  • 11,000 BCE

    Pile dwelling of Ledro Lake

    it is the largest prehistoric pile dwelling site in Italy
  • 11,000 BCE

    Venus of Chiozza

    Venus figurine discovered in Scandiano and carved from stone
  • 4000 BCE

    Stele Statues of Lunigiana

    The monuments represent men, which always have a dagger or an axe, or women, shown with their essential traits (breast, jewels)
  • 3400 BCE

    Domus de Janas

    tombs consisting of several chambers resembling houses in their layout located in Sardinia
  • 3350 BCE

    Otzi the iceman

    the frozen mummy was found in 1991 in the Italian Alps, near Bolzano
  • 1800 BCE

    Nuragic civilization

    the name comes from its most characteristic monuments, the Nuraghes, tower-fortresses which dot the Sardinian landscape