Rock carvings on the Ekeberg
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The rock carvings on Ekeberg are located on Karlsborgveien, below Kongsveien, south of the Ekeberg restaurant in the south of Oslo , in Norway . The rock carving field from the Stone Age has the ID number 41907.
The carvings were discovered in 1915 and examined by archaeologist Jan Petersen (1887–1967), who found 6-7 figures. In 1924 the archaeologist Ivar Lindquist (1895–1985) discovered the remaining figures.
The field is about 15 m² in total and consists of 13 figures. Nine of them are believed to show moose . Otherwise, it shows a bird figure, a stylized human being, and a figure that is probably an animal trap. The Mesolithic hunter-gatherer field is the only one of its kind in Oslo. The closest parallels can be found in Drammen and Lier in Fylke Viken .
- Rock carvings on the Ekeberg
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Extensive archaeological research in the region showed that the petroglyphs are located in an area that was visited more frequently in the Stone Age. In the area of the scratches, more than a dozen living spaces from this period have been registered. In addition, several fields of bowls (skålgroper) were found on the Ekeberg . This form of rock carving belongs to the agricultural carving of the Bronze Age and is much younger.
The scratches were painted in 2011 and are clearly visible to visitors.
Heinrich Himmler visited the rock carvings in 1941 during his first visit to Norway. As a co-founder of the Ahnenerbe Institute , he showed great interest in Norwegian history.
See also
literature
- Eivind Engelstad: Østnorske ristninger and malinger av den arctic group . Institutt for sammenlignende Kulturforskning Skrifter Serie B XXVI. Oslo 1934
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Coordinates: 59 ° 53 ′ 50.5 " N , 10 ° 45 ′ 35.7" E