Andon They Went ... Processions in Scandinavian Bronze Age Rock Carvings

Coles, John

doi:10.1111/j.0065-001x.2003.aar740105.x

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“…This motif is represented also at other rock‐art sites in Scandinavia, for instance at Vitlycke in Tanum, Bohuslän, Sweden (Coles 2005, 136) and Bakke in Jondal, Hordaland, Norway (Coles 2003, 246; Mandt Larsen 1972, pl. 30) and has been interpreted as a possible hieros gamos motif.…”

Section: Walking the Rocksmentioning

confidence: 89%

These Rocks Were Made for Walking: Rock Art at Leirfall, Trøndelag, Norway

Sognnes

2011

Oxford J Archaeology

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One of the largest sites with Bronze Age type rock art in Norway is found at Leirfall in Stjørdal, Nord-Trøndelag. The site, which consists of five panels, is dominated by footprints but at the same time a great variety of motifs is present. The footprints seem to lure visitors to walk from panel to panel, even across the panels, which are located at three different levels. The main focus is on the middle level, where the main panel (Leirfall III) contains more than 700 rock carvings. The walks between and around the panels are described; at the same time the Leirfall rock carvings are seen in a wider context. Most footprints are likely to represent children and it is argued that the site was used for the performance of public rites during initiations. However, symbols normally found only on decorated grave cists are present, too, particularly on the upper panel, which cannot be seen from below. Death rituals may also have been performed.

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Section: Walking the Rocksmentioning

confidence: 89%

These Rocks Were Made for Walking: Rock Art at Leirfall, Trøndelag, Norway

Sognnes

2011

Oxford J Archaeology

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“…However, globally there are many instances where variation in depicted anthropomorphic beings is present and has not been used to address children and childhood. For example, Coles (2003) presents a study of engraved depictions of "processions" from the Middle and Late Bronze Age Scandinavia, here c. 1600-500 BCE. Sometimes these anthropomorphic figures are being depicted in a homogenous way (Fig.…”

Section: International Perspectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rock Art and Children: Towards an Inter-Generational Perspective on Past and Present Visual Cultures

May

Goldhahn²

2020

Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology

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“…The interpretation of images in relation to their location on rock surfaces has been highlighted by recent studies into the seasonality of depictions, and beliefs and practice, creating the visual narrative of representational art (Arcá 2004;Bradley 2000;Coles 2003;Fossati 2004;Helskog 1999;Keyser & Poetschat 2004;Lewis-Williams 2002;Taçon & Ouzman 2004;Tilley 2004). Influenced in part by such developments, the significance of the approach presented in this article lies, firstly, in studying the three-dimensional morphology of the rock surfaces as an integral part of the visual imagery of the rock art.…”

Section: Liliana Janik Corinne Roughley and Katarzyna Szczęsnamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The former has been widely acknowledged in the literature (Arcá 2004;Coles 2003;Fossati 2004;Helskog 1999). The surface appears to be 'translated' into a representation of the natural landscape, defined by physical activities such as skiing.…”

Section: The Topography Of the Rock Surface At Group IVmentioning

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Skiing on the Rocks: the Experiential Art of Fisher-gatherer-hunters in Prehistoric Northern Russia

Janik

Roughley

Szczȩsna³

2007

CAJ

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The interpretation of images in relation to their particular setting on rock surfaces has been highlighted in recent studies into the location of depictions in the natural landscape and shamanistic beliefs and practices. The significance of the approach in this article, however, lies in studying the morphology of the rock surface as an integral part of the visual imagery of the rock art, notably how the physical dimensions of the rock surface were used in recreating the physical landscape familiar to the prehistoric artists. We use experiential and cognitive approaches to visual perception to combine an appreciation of artistic endeavour of rock art with an enhanced understanding of the human capacity for creating such images. The results of this approach to rock art contribute to a better understanding of the creative and cognitive aspects of prehistoric fisher-gatherer-hunter art. A detailed example is discussed showing how the physical landscape was re-created in the morphology of the rock surface by using the motion of skiing to illustrate one of the visual narratives at the site of Zalavruga in northern Russia.

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Andon They Went ... Processions in Scandinavian Bronze Age Rock Carvings

Cited by 33 publications

References 3 publications

These Rocks Were Made for Walking: Rock Art at Leirfall, Trøndelag, Norway

These Rocks Were Made for Walking: Rock Art at Leirfall, Trøndelag, Norway

Rock Art and Children: Towards an Inter-Generational Perspective on Past and Present Visual Cultures

Skiing on the Rocks: the Experiential Art of Fisher-gatherer-hunters in Prehistoric Northern Russia

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