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Rock carvings in the different counties of Norway: Agder: . Rock carvings at Jærberget, Farsund Municipality; Rock carvings at Grobstranda (hunting), Farsund Municipality; Rock carvings at Forbergodden (hunting), Farsund Municipality
The Bardal rock carvings contains images from both of the rock carving traditions.. Scandinavian rock art comprise two categories. The first type dates to the Stone Age (in Norway from between 8000-1800 BCE), and usually depicts mammals such as elk, red deer and reindeer, but also brown bears, whales and porpoises.
When the carvings were made, Norway was inhabited by hunter-gatherers. The almost 5000 years over which carvings were made by the people of the late stone age and early metal age, saw many cultural changes, including the adoption of metal tools and changes in areas such as boat building and fishing techniques. The carvings show a wide variety ...
Alta Museum is northern Norway's most-visited summer museum, with more than 1,000 visitors each day. [4] It is the second most visited attraction in Finnmark County. It presents exhibitions on local culture and historic industries including the nearby prehistoric rock carvings that form a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [5]
The Leirfall rock carvings, located in Stjørdal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway, are Bronze Age agricultural petroglyphs. The discovery of the site took place between 1910 and 1961. The discovery of the site took place between 1910 and 1961.
The Bardal rock carvings (Norwegian: Bardalfeltet) is a large collection of petroglyphs on Bardal Farm in Steinkjer Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway.What makes the rock carvings at Bardal especially noteworthy is the presence of figures from the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age all on the same rock surface, with the newer figures having been carved on top of figures from the Stone Age.
The rock carvings are accessible by a 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) long well-marked track starting from Balsfjord Church. The church (built in 1855) is located in Tennes, which is about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the village of Storsteinnes (in Troms county in Norway ).
Istrehågan is an ancient monument at Jåberg on the Sandefjord-Larvik border in Vestfold, Norway. [3] [2] It is home to some of the largest stone settings in the Nordic countries. [4] Nearby Haugen farm in Sandefjord is home to Vestfold County's largest petroglyph site. [5] The rock carvings at Haugen farm are Vestfold County's oldest ancient ...