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Holtås Petroglyphs
I visited the petroglyphs at Holtås in Levanger on the 2nd of July 2022. The rock art is next to the road when driving along old E6. Holtås, sometimes written as Holte, is in the Ronglan area of Levanger. Holtås has around 100 figures, many resembling deer animals like moose or reindeer. The figures’ carving…
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Evenhus Petroglyphs
I visited the petroglyphs at Evenhus in Frosta on the 2nd of July 2022. The site is located just behind a small Café along the road, and there is a sign indicating that you can park there to see the petroglyphs. The carvings at Evenhus are dated to around 2000 BCE, which was near the…
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Solberg Figure Interpretation 1
I’ve been looking closer at a few of the figures from Solbergfeltet and have done some drawn interpretations. The First Group The first three figures to the left in the photograph I interpreted as a shaman beating a drum and two dancers. The middle figure has only one leg, and I interpreted that as a…
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Vingen figure interpretation 3
The Vingen rock carvings (Vingenfeltet) are located in Bremanger in Vestland County. It is one of the largest rock carving sites in Norway and the carvings are dated to approximately 4000-3000 BCE during the Nordic Stone Age. I have already drawn interpretations of one of the figures at Vingen that is typically thought to represent…
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Dating the Norwegian Petroglyphs
Over the last year, I’ve been writing numerous blog posts about the petroglyphs of Norway. In this blog post, I want to provide a brief overview of what we know about when these petroglyphs were made. Modern humans, Homo sapiens, are currently believed to have emerged around 300,000 year ago. However, we likely did not…
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Ausevika Figure Interpretation 2
This is my second interpretation of what one of the creatures in the rock carving figures at Ausevika might represent. You can see the first one here. The figure’s outline primarily resembles a deer, but some features don’t quite fit with that of a deer. Intriguingly, nearly all creatures at Ausevika possess bird-like feet. If…
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From Rock Art to AI Generated Art
My fascination with rock art has grown over the past few years. During the last year, I’ve also been struck by the output from AI-generated art as well. Sometimes I’m asked about why my project about interpreting ancient rock carvings is relevant today. With the rapid advancement of AI art generation, we’re witnessing a significant…
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Ausevika Figure Interpretation 1
I drew an interpretation of what the creature in one of the rock carving figures at Ausevika might represent. The petroglyph figure depicts a a four-legged creature with a large mouth and big claws. My first thought was that it might be a bear, but the ears are too long for a bear. Maybe a…
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Møllerstufossen Petroglyphs Part 2
First post about Møllerstufossen: https://andersgoliversen.com/blog/2022/05/16/mollerstufossen/ Some of the figures at Møllerstufossen reminds me of goats more than moose or deer, such as this one: Møllerstufossen is one of two areas with petroglyphs in Innlandet county, the other one being Moelv which has some figures that also look like goats to me: https://andersgoliversen.com/blog/page/5/ There is a…
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Vingen Figure Interpretation 2
The Vingen rock carvings (Vingenfeltet) are located in Bremanger in Vestland County. It is one of the largest rock carving sites in Norway and the carvings are dated to approximately 4000-3000 BCE during the Nordic Stone Age. In this blog post, I will explore different interpretations of a figure that is typically interpreted as representing…