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Arco stelae

Copper Age stele

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ4905989 ↗
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The Arco Stelae consist of six Copper Age statue menhirs which were discovered in the vicinity of Arco, Trentino, in 1989. They are similar in style to other anthropomorphic stelae made across Europe between the 4th and 3rd millennium BC.

Arco I

Arco I, discovered in 1989, is 2.15 meter high limestone stela. It depicts a heavily armed, apparently male figure with seven daggers, three axes, three halberds, and an ornamental necklace.

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The public source identifies “Arco stelae” as copper Age stele. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Arco, stelae and Copper.

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This entry incorporates text from “Arco stelae” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.