Lavagnone Archaeological site

Lavagnone Archaeological site

a dry lake home to a pile dwelling village

Lavagnone was a lake that drained and became a peat, the first settlements appear to be of the Neolithic (9500 BC) and most important in the Bronze Age (IV-I millennium BC), period from which objects recovered and then kept in Archaeological museum G. Rambotti of Desenzano; The most important piece is a plow that is considered to be the oldest in the world. The remains are of various historical periods overlapping from the ancient bronze age; Were found parts of the wooden path that led to the village, the palisade of fence, the stilts built to the center of the basin, pottery of the middle age of the bronze age of great interest for the reconstruction of rites and magical-religious beliefs weather; Human bones have also been found. The site is UNESCO World Heritage Site, lying on a private and inhabited area, delimited by fence and signage, can not be visited and is in a state of neglect with the excavations covered with plastic canvas. Another archeological site of the same pile dwelling culture is that of Lake Lucone in Polpenazze.