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Herøy Petroglyphs (Roskarristninga)
I visited the petroglyph site at Roskaret in Herøy municipality on the 1st of September 2024. The site is known as Roskarristninga, and is found in a part of Herøy called Leikong, The reddish rock-type here is olivine, which is a fairly soft mineral that in this case has a reddish color from the iron…
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The Rock Art of Fontainebleau
These photos are from the exhibition Pierres secrètes: Mythologie préceltique en Forêt de Fontainebleau (Secret stones: Prehistoric mythology in the forest of Fontainebleau) at Musée de Préhistoire Île-de-France in Nemours. The exhibition featured petroglyphs, or rock carvings, done on portable stones found hidden in the Forest of Fontainebleau. It seems like the rock art was…
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Midsund Petroglyphs
19th October 2023 I was in Midsund to do a workshop about petroglyphs at a school. Teachers at the school told me about some petroglyphs on the island that I was unaware of, and gave me directions to the site. I traveled to see them on the same day. The two petroglyphs at Reitaneset in…
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Evenhus Figure Interpretation 1
There is a curiously carved human-like figure among the petroglyphs at Evenhus: If it is supposed to be a human, it is lacking both arms and legs. Without the face it wouldn’t look very human at all. As it is rather rare for human petroglyph figures to be carved with ears and a face, I…
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Stiklestad
I was invited to Stiklestad in Verdal to hold a presentation about my project on interpreting petroglyphs at the conference SPOR – arena for kulturarv 2023. I am thankful to Kulturtanken for inviting me and it was great to see all the other presentations about cultural heritage at the conference.
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Stykket Petroglyphs
I travelled to see the petroglyphs at Stykket on the 11th of July 2023. Stykket is a place in the village Stadsbygd in Indre Fosen. If going there by car from Trondheim, there is a ferry at Flakk going to Rørvik, and from there it is a short drive over to Stykket. The petroglyphs are…
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Strand Petroglyphs
The following photographs are from my trip to the petroglyphs at Strand in Osen on the 8th of July 2023. This is a small site with a few animal figures and abstract patterns. The petroglyphs are typically dated around 3000 BCE in the late Nordic Stone Age (10,000 BCE – 1800 BCE). There are, however,…
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Bardal Petroglyphs
I photographed the petroglyphs at Bardal on the 8th of July 2023. Bardalfeltet is named after the farm, Bardal, where the carvings are found in Steinkjer municipality. There is a great variety in the symbols depicted in the rock art found at Bardal, and it is speculated that they were made at different time periods…
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Bøla Petroglyphs
I traveled to see the Bøla petroglyphs on the 8th of July 2023. The area the petroglyphs are located is actually called Stod in Steinkjer municipality, and Bøla is a small river that runs next to the petroglyphs and into the lake Snåsavatnet. The site is also often referred to as Bølarein, or Bølareinen, because…
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Kvennavika (covered) Petroglyphs
On the 2nd of July 2023 I traveled to visit the petroglyphs at Kvennavika in Inderøy, Trøndelag. The path to the site was overgrown and I found the petroglyphs covered. This type of covering is common during the winter season to protect the petroglyphs from the environment. Usually this type of covering is removed in…