Nuovi rinvenimenti di figure a grandi mani e grandi piedi in località Berg, Portole e Ronchi d'Izir: note interpretative preliminari

The paper examines nine representations of big-hands and big-feet figures recently discovered in the areas of Bèrg, Pòrtole (ex Caneva) and Ronchi d’Izir. Among them, subjects of particular importance are present: the first example in Valcamonica of a big-feet figure without the attribute of big-hands and a big-handed orant with body derived from a fracture in the rock. The paper will discuss the link to the natural environment, but also chronological and typological issues, associations and the possible ideological values of these representations.