Animal motifs like this reclining cow made from unvarnished arolla pine wood were carved mainly in Val di Funes during the 19th century and up to the First World War. A range of animals were depicted: exotic beasts from Noah's Ark, yet there were also examples of local animals, mostly characteristic of Alpine romanticism. 

Three individual flint arrowheads from Broglesjoch attest that hunters at times visited the Alpine areas of the Gröden region during the Copper and Bronze Ages (3,200 – 2,200 BC). 

The fragments of several 'classic' late Bronze Age jugs from the Laugen culture were found northwest of Resciesa upper cable car terminal. The jugs are characterised by two wartlike bumps on the side of the lip and have a thick handle with a ribbon-shaped profile. Research still has to clarify whether the finds are connected with a high place of worship or a burnt-down mountain shepherd's hut from the Bronze Age. 

How often have you driven along a road paved with blocks of porphyry without realising that this rock was formed from the rapid cooling of lava! This mostly reddish volcanic rock in the Bolzano province makes up a thick bedrock which is the base of the sedimentary sequence. It can be seen along the motorway north of Bolzano or on the Resciesa ridge in Val Gardena.