The hunters
The hunters1.
The hunters2.
The hunters3.
The Ibex was a desirable prey for both Paleolithic and Mesolithic hunters who often established their settlements in areas frequented by the animals. It was an easy, overconfident target for these early societies that hunted in groups. 

Archaeologists have found substantial evidence of the Ibex hunts that have given us great insight into these activities that have been occurring since the end of the last Ice Age (10th millennium B.C.).

In the Boira Fusca cave, which is located in the same Orco Valley as the Homo et Ibex museum, a big settlement of Paleolithic and Mesolithic hunters was found that is surely one of the first of its kind in the area.
 
The Museum Homo et Ibex and the Visitor Center have launched a new collection of books with the first volume dedicated to the hunters of the Stone Age in the Western Alps.

Furthermore, below is a clip from a documentary dedicated to the same topic "I primi contadini nelle Alpi Occidentali".


L'uomo antico nelle Alpi Occidentali
 

 
Italian version.

 
Gran Paradiso National Park. Municipality of Ceresole Reale. Mountain community of the Orco and Soana valleys. Ministry of Economy and Finance. Ministry for the Environment , Territory and Sea. Piemonte Region. Turin Province. European Union. Foundation CRT. St Paul's Company.