Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A 4,000-year-old “enigmatic tablet” has been uncovered at Lucone di Polpenazze near Lake Garda, offering a fascinating insight into Bronze Age life — but what did its mysterious symbols mean? In this video I discuss this remarkable prehistoric pile-dwelling settlement, its exceptional preservation, and the enduring mystery of these Bronze Age, decorated tablets which have been found all over Italy and Central Southeastern Europe.
#ancienthistory #archaeology #bronzeage
✨ IN THIS EPISODE
00:00 The ‘Enigmatic Tablets’
01:49 The Prehistoric Pile Dwelling of Lucone di Polpenazze
04:31 Lucone D: Excavating a Village Frozen in Time
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Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps
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Photograph of tablet from the excavation, credit: Scavi al Lucone on Instagram
CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
Breadloaf idols from the Polada site, credit: Schuppi
Wooden piles at Lucone, credit: Thilo Parg
CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
Breadloaf idol from Mangolding, Germany, credit: Bullenwächter
Split breadloaf idol from the Lavagnone site, credit: Museo Archeologico G. Rambotti
Breadloaf idol from the Sotciastel site, credit: Museum Ladin
3D cartography with highlighted the stilt sites identified in the Lucone basin, credit: Gafforso
Excavations at Lucone, credit: Gafforso
Reconstruction of pile dwellings at Pfahlbaumuseum Unteruhldingen, credit: Rufus46
Ceramic vessel, credit: Gafforso
Large ceramic vessel with handles, credit: Gafforso
CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Reconstruction of pile dwellings at Molina di Ledro, credit: CTHOE
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Bronze Age wooden canoe from Lucone
A 4,000-year-old “enigmatic tablet” has been uncovered at Lucone di Polpenazze near Lake Garda, offering a fascinating insight into Bronze Age life — but what did its mysterious symbols mean? In this video I discuss this remarkable prehistoric pile-dwelling settlement, its exceptional preservation, and the enduring mystery of these Bronze Age, decorated tablets which have been found all over Italy and Central Southeastern Europe.
#ancienthistory #archaeology #bronzeage
✨ IN THIS EPISODE
00:00 The ‘Enigmatic Tablets’
01:49 The Prehistoric Pile Dwelling of Lucone di Polpenazze
04:31 Lucone D: Excavating a Village Frozen in Time
✨ JOIN MY CHANNEL
youtube.com/channel/UC0Hs5t0U6Uf993Tba22YmKA/join
✨ FOLLOW ME ON SOCIALS
BlueSky: @MegalithHunter.bsky.social
✨ REFERENCES
arkeonews.net/rare-4000-year-old-enigmatic-tablet-found-intact-at-lucone-bronze-age-village-in-italy
Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps
palafittes.org/home
✨ PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS
Google Earth
Locations
Other
Photograph of tablet from the excavation, credit: Scavi al Lucone on Instagram
CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
Breadloaf idols from the Polada site, credit: Schuppi
Wooden piles at Lucone, credit: Thilo Parg
CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
Breadloaf idol from Mangolding, Germany, credit: Bullenwächter
Split breadloaf idol from the Lavagnone site, credit: Museo Archeologico G. Rambotti
Breadloaf idol from the Sotciastel site, credit: Museum Ladin
3D cartography with highlighted the stilt sites identified in the Lucone basin, credit: Gafforso
Excavations at Lucone, credit: Gafforso
Reconstruction of pile dwellings at Pfahlbaumuseum Unteruhldingen, credit: Rufus46
Ceramic vessel, credit: Gafforso
Large ceramic vessel with handles, credit: Gafforso
CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Reconstruction of pile dwellings at Molina di Ledro, credit: CTHOE
Public domain,
Bronze Age wooden canoe from Lucone
