Helgaberget
The rock carvings from Helgaberget ( Norwegian Helgaberget Helleristninger ) are petroglyphs in the Vestland Fylke in Norway .
The name "Helgaberget" means something like "holy rock" in old Norwegian. The small rock is on the Stødle terrace , which also has a destroyed burial mound . The name could be as early as 1000 BC. Come from BC.
The rock is completely covered with incisions and could be a ritual site from the Bronze Age . Based on the design, the archaeologists differentiate between carvings made by hunters and gatherers and those made by arable farmers . The carvings at Helgaberget are of the type that Norway calls agricultural carvings:
Bowls , sun symbols and spiral patterns dominate the place. There are no depictions of the soles of the feet , people, animals or ships that are otherwise common in Norwegian engravings from the Bronze Age. It is unclear what caused the differences in the choice of motif. Small bowl-shaped pits with a diameter of 3.0 to 10.0 cm dominate the Helgaberget. At least 270 are bar. There are also some ring-shaped symbols. There are 23 circle symbols of various kinds. Some are like spoked wheels, others are shaped as concentric circles with a bowl in the middle. Around 20 figures are oval or U-shaped.
Helgaberget is located in an unusually rich area with finds from the Bronze Age. There were several burial mounds, and a bronze chain was found a few hundred yards northeast of the carvings. Nearby are the building stone of Gjerde and the building stone on the Kyrkjehaugen .
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Coordinates: 59 ° 40 ′ 27.1 ″ N , 5 ° 58 ′ 2.6 ″ E