Bardal rock carvings
The rock carvings of Bardal ( Norwegian Bardal Helleristningsfelt ) are next to the farm Bardal eleven kilometers west of Steinkjer in the Fylke Nord-Trøndelag in Norway . The field consists of about 400 figures and is characterized by the fact that both so-called hunting carvings and peasant carvings are represented. Bardal was important in discussing the age of the carvings and whether different motifs reflect different cultural groups. The common view is that the field has been in use for a long time and the various incisions reflect chronological differences, with the hunting motifs being the older.
The 60 carvings made by hunters and gatherers from the Stone Age (4000 to 3000 BC) are in part significantly more excavated than the later ones. They consist of elk , reindeer , birds and whales (including a 6.0 meter long one), while in the Bronze Age (2000 to 1000 BC) carvings by farmers, the boat figures dominate.
The approximately 350 figures added in the Bronze Age partially overlap with the older ones. They consist of several large boat carvings with numerous small vertical lines that are believed to represent the crews, as well as several smaller boat carvings. There are also several bowls , so-called sun disks and geometric figures, as well as a number of strange lines.
Signs were put up and a small fence was built around the site.
The rock carvings at Bøla are around 30 km north of Steinkjer .
literature
- Gutorm Gjessing: Nordenfjeldske ristninger og malinger av den arctic group . Instituttet for sammenlignende Kulturforskning Series B: Skrifter XXX, Oslo 1936
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Coordinates: 63 ° 55 ′ 26.7 " N , 11 ° 27 ′ 51.9" E