Espace Johannis, Rue de Plane-Ville 24, 1955 Chamoson
Stakes dating back thousands of years brought out of the ice
Between 2012 and 2023, several hundred wooden pickets preserved for almost 2,000 years by the Forcle glacier were discovered in the Chamoson heights. While the majority of these objects show signs of working, around fifty pegs stand out from the crowd because of their spear-shaped ends. This morphological singularity and the absence of a parallel make it impossible to establish their function, which remains an enigma for researchers for the time being. However, these Roman-era wooden stakes and other discoveries illustrate the importance of this secondary pass, which has been used for over 2,500 years.
Lecture presented by Tristan Allegro, archaeologist at In Situ Archéologie, Sion.
In collaboration with the Confrérie Pro Castrum Chamoson and the Chamoson Tourist Office. The lecture is followed by an aperitif kindly offered by the commune of Chamoson.
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Lecture presented by Tristan Allegro, archaeologist at In Situ Archéologie, Sion.
In collaboration with the Confrérie Pro Castrum Chamoson and the Chamoson Tourist Office. The lecture is followed by an aperitif kindly offered by the commune of Chamoson.
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.