Editing Cup and ring mark (section)

==Italy==
[[File:Novalesa cup-and-rings stone Italy.jpg|thumb|Novalesa cup-and-rings stone Italy]]
Numerous cup-marked stones have been found in the alpine valleys, comprising [[Val Camonica]] ([[Italy]]), associated with [[rock Drawings in Valcamonica|rock drawings]]. Regarding western alps ([[Piedmont]]), the best known are distributed along the Chisone,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rupestre.net/western_alps_records/chisone_crodalairi.htm|title=Western Alps rock art records|website=www.rupestre.net|access-date=23 March 2018}}</ref> Susa<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rupestre.net/archiv/ar6.htm|title=Archivio Online - arte rupestre ed etnografia delle Alpi piemontesi (a cura del Gruppo Ricerche Cultura Montana)|website=www.rupestre.net|access-date=23 March 2018}}</ref> and Viù valleys; also the La Bessa<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bessa.it/E%20massi%20incisi.htm|title=Rock art and cup marks of Bessa<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=bessa.it|access-date=23 March 2018}}</ref> site is to be cited.
Strictly referring to cup-and-rings, it is possible to cite in the western Alps only the Novalesa stone,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rupestre.net/archiv/ar9.htm|title=Archivio Online - arte rupestre ed etnografia delle Alpi piemontesi (a cura del Gruppo Ricerche Cultura Montana)|website=www.rupestre.net|access-date=23 March 2018}}</ref><ref>[http://www.rupestre.net/tracce/?p=2877 A rock record in the western Alps, TRACCE Online Rock Art Bulletin 12, 2000]</ref> in the Cenischia Valley, near the Italian-French border. Found in 1988, it shows 4 concentric circles, with a central cup-mark; all around a network of 20 cup-marks and channels.
[[File:Sardinia mamoiada perda pinta.jpg|thumb|Sardinia mamoiada perda pinta]]
Sardinia is rich in cup-and-rings stones. The best known is the {{lang|it|Perda Pintà}} (the 'painted stone', which is carved, not painted) or Stele di Boeli,<ref>[[:it:Stele di Boeli]]</ref> at Mamoiada: an impressive [[stele]] or [[menhir]] {{convert|2.67|m}} high with various concentric circles patterns crossed by engraved channels and central cup-marks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rupestre.net/tracce/?p=4530 |title=The strange case of snow-circles and cup-and-rings |date=24 April 2012 |website=rupestre.net |access-date=23 March 2018 }}</ref>