The Rock Art Of Norway
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The Rock Art Of Norway
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Author : Trond Lødøen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
The Rock Art Of Norway written by Trond Lødøen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Art, Prehistoric categories.
For thousands of years people in all parts of the world have engraved images on rock panels and stones. Images are found on large, earth bound boulders, on smaller, movable stones or on rock panels in burial chambers. A variety of images are conveyed, including people, animals, objects used by humans, abstract patterns and objects unrecognisable to us. In Norway, rock art has been found at more than 1100 sites. Many motifs occur regularly across the region, others are unique to certain sites. The design and composition of even the most common motifs vary hugely in different parts of the country according to both the era and function of the particular site. It has been a common practice to group Scandinavian rock art under two main categories: the veidekunst [hunter's art] or the Northern Tradition - associated with hunters and gatherers of the Stone Age, in the period 9000-2000 B.C; and the jordbruksristninger [agricultural petroglyphs] or the Southern Tradition - associated with people of the Bronze and early Iron Age, from approximately 1800 B.C. until about 400 AD, who practiced farming as a livelihood. Whether the images of the hunter nomads and the farmers represent two distinct and independent traditions, or whether they represent a continuous tradition encompassing changes in expression over time, is still today an unresolved issue. This book raises questions about the meanings that can be derived from the rock art of Norway and aims to study the images in the context of other traces found of the same society. Through the sites explored and the stories told, this book represents a voyage in time and space from the oldest images to the youngest, from farthest north to farthest south of the country.
Prehistoric Imagery And Landscapes
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Author : Kalle Sognnes
language : en
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Release Date : 2001
Prehistoric Imagery And Landscapes written by Kalle Sognnes and has been published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Art categories.
A detailed study of the Bronze Age rock art found in the Stjordal region of central Norway. Based on fieldwork carried out in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Sognnes analyses the imagery of the art and the physical and social landscape in which it exists.
Communicating With The World Of Beings
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Author : Knut Helskog
language : en
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Release Date : 2014-03-31
Communicating With The World Of Beings written by Knut Helskog and has been published by Oxbow Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-31 with History categories.
The rock art found in the World Heritage sites in the Alta area, Arctic Norway, comprise thousands of images including reindeer and elk as well as fish, birds, boats, humans and geometric patterns. They contain information about peoples who lived in this northern area from about 5000 BC up until the birth of Christ; such as possible social organizations, hunting and trapping, beliefs, rituals,stories, legends, myths, cultural changes and continuities. Communicating with the world of beings addresses an understanding of the rock art in terms of communication with other people and other than-human beings. The figures could have been seen and experienced as symbols in rituals or as expressions of identity, position, power and rights, as depictions of real events and perhaps for use in storytelling. Through rock art, people might also have been able to communicate with other-than-human beings who ruled parts of the environment in order to petition favors for themselves or others. These other-than-human beings may have been perceived as good and evil powers and spirits of the different worlds of the universe; the dead or souls; which also included the animals depicted or were even embodied in the stone. This communication may have been based on a belief that both living beings and inert objects and natural phenomena had souls, a belief that may have existed ever since the earliest settlements. Such an animistic belief means that everything was seen as having a consciousness and identity of its own, independent and imbued with a will. Therefore, it was essential that the different participants communicated with one another as equal partners. In this beautifully illustrated book Knut Helskog provides a lyrical and personal interpretation of the chronology, patterning and possible meanings behind this extraordinary landscape of prehistoric rock art.
The Northern Rock Art Tradition In Central Norway
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Author : Kalle Sognnes
language : en
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Release Date : 2017
The Northern Rock Art Tradition In Central Norway written by Kalle Sognnes and has been published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Art categories.
This book examines the Northern (Stone Age) rock art of centralNorway, which is dominated by images of marine and terrestrial motifs. Itfocuses on how these images were drawn and are classified, on the topographicallocation of the sites, on their dating and cultural context, and on the relationship between rock art andmaterial culture, and offers possible interpretations.
The Rock Art Of Arctic Norway
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Author : P. Simonsen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
The Rock Art Of Arctic Norway written by P. Simonsen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with categories.
Finding Your Place
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Author : Melanie Wrigglesworth
language : no
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Finding Your Place written by Melanie Wrigglesworth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with categories.
Rock Art And The Wild Mind
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Author : Ingrid Fuglestvedt
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-12-22
Rock Art And The Wild Mind written by Ingrid Fuglestvedt and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-22 with Social Science categories.
Rock Art and the Wild Mind presents a study of Mesolithic rock art on the Scandinavian peninsula, including the large rock art sites in Alta, Nämforsen and Vingen. Hunters’ rock art of this area, despite local styles, bears a strong commonality in what it depicts, most often terrestrial big game in diverse confrontations with the human realm. The various types of compositions are defined as visual thematizations of the enigmatic relationship between humans and big game animals. These thematizations, here defined as motemes, are explained as being products of the Mesolithic mind ‘in action’, observed through repetitions, variations and transformations of a number of defined motemes. Through a transformational logic, the transition from ‘animic’ to ‘totemic’ rock art is observed. Totemic rock art reaches a peak during the final stages of the Late Mesolithic, and it is suggested that this can be interpreted as representing an increasing focus on human society towards the end of this era. The move from animism to totemism is explained as being part of the overall social development on the Scandinavian peninsula. This book will be of interest to students of rock art generally and scholars working on the historical developments of prehistoric hunter-gatherers in northern Europe. It will also appeal to students and academics in the fields of art history and aesthetics and to those interested in the work of Lévi-Strauss.
Prehistoric Rock Art In Scandinavia
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Author : Courtney Nimura
language : en
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Release Date : 2015-11-30
Prehistoric Rock Art In Scandinavia written by Courtney Nimura and has been published by Oxbow Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-30 with Art categories.
Scandinavia is home to prolific and varied rock art images among which the ship motif is prominent. Because of this, the rock art of Scandinavia has often been interpreted in terms of social ritual, cosmology, and religion associated with the maritime sphere. This comprehensive review is based on the creation of a Scandinavia-wide GIS database for prehistoric rock art and reexamines theoretical approaches and interpretations, in particular with regard to the significance of the ship and its relationship to a maritime landscape Discussion focuses on material agency as a means to understanding the role of rock art within society. Two main theories are developed. The first is that the sea was fundamental to the purpose and meaning of rock art, especially in the Bronze Age and, therefore, that sea-level/shoreline changes would have inspired a renegotiation of the relationship between the rock art sites and their intended purpose. The fundamental question posed is: would such changes to the landscape have affected the purpose and meaning of rock art for the communities that made and used these sites? Various theories from within and outside of archaeology are drawn on to examine environmental change and analyze the rock art, led to second theory: that the purpose of rock art might have been altered to have an effect on the disappearing sea. The general theory that rock art would have been affected by environmental change was discussed in tandem with existing interpretations of the meaning and purpose of rock art. Imbuing rock art with agency means that it could be intertwined in an active web of relations involving maritime landscapes, shoreline displacement and communities. Though created in stone and fixed in time and place, rock art images have propagated belief systems that would have changed over time as they were re-carved, abandoned and used by different groups of inhabitants. In the thousands of years rock art was created, it is likely that shoreline displacement would have inspired a renegotiation of the purpose and meaning of the imagery situated alongside the Scandinavian seas. This journey through a prehistoric Scandinavian landscape will lead us into a world of ancient beliefs and traditions revolving around this extraordinary art form.
Perceiving Rock Art
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Author : Knut Helskog (red.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Perceiving Rock Art written by Knut Helskog (red.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Congresses categories.
Perspectives On Differences In Rock Art
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Author : Jan Magne Gjerde
language : en
Publisher: Equinox Publishing (UK)
Release Date : 2021-04-30
Perspectives On Differences In Rock Art written by Jan Magne Gjerde and has been published by Equinox Publishing (UK) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-30 with Art categories.
Rock art is a global phenomenon with an enormous variation in shapes and figures and the research interest is wide and inclusive. The volume aims to explain differences observed in rock art through time and space, synchronically or diachronically. Differences can for example be in form, content, space (macro and micro), where explanations might relate to a large variety of factors such as political, societal, beliefs and rituals. Issues connected with authenticity and presentation where efforts and choices taken to preserve and present rock art are indeed many sided and complex are discussed. The wide-range papers in this volume are by scholars from across the globe with different perspectives on differences in Rock Art. This volume will be of interest to students, archaeologists and researchers from related disciplines.