Boat petroglyphs are a major feature of Bronze Age rock art in southern Scandinavia. At Tanum alone, thousands of images occupy about 600 panels, with boats among the most common motifs. Some vessels are shown with masts and sails alongside maritime and hunting imagery.
These carvings belong to a broader Bronze Age horizon commonly dated around 1700–500 BCE, although many panels cannot be dated precisely. The video interprets some boat scenes as whale hunts and overturned vessels. It also argues for links among Scandinavian, Mediterranean, Siberian, Altai and North American rock art, including Teaching Rocks in Ontario and matching slate spearheads in Maine and coastal Canada. Those cross-continental comparisons are the presenter's arguments, not established evidence of a single artistic tradition or direct contact.
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Scandinavia Rock Art | Tanum Petroglyphsoregongirlaroundtheworld.comHello, Odin. Scandinavian Rock Art | Bronze Age Petroglyphs | Tanumshede Sweden via Oregon Girl Around the World. And while the king of Nordic ...
Yacht rock art: prehistoric carvings found in Norway may be oldest ...theartnewspaper.comThe two images are thought to have been made around 10,000-11,000 years ago, 3,000 years before other boat carvings in northern Europe. First ...
These Markers of Scandinavia's Bronze Age Boatyards Were Hiding ...smithsonianmag.comArchaeologists argue that ancient fire pits were used for constructing the area's distinctive boats.
[PDF] The-Southern-Scandinavian-Rock-Carvings.pdf - ResearchGateresearchgate.netThis dissertation explores a maritime approach to the southern Scandinavian rock-carvings where sites in three different geographic areas, Tanum in Bohuslän, ...
2,700-year-old petroglyphs depicting people, ships and animals ...livescience.comThe petroglyphs were carved on a granite rock face that was once part of an island, meaning people would have had to make the carvings while ...
Rock Carvings in Tanumen.wikipedia.orgIn total, there are thousands of images called the Tanum petroglyphs, on about 600 panels within the World Heritage Area. These are concentrated in distinct ...
Tanum rock carvings, Sweden - Sophie's Worldsophiesworld.netWhile the Alta petroglyphs are from the Stone Age, the Tanum rock carvings are a bit younger; from the Bronze Age, about 3 500 years ago.
Tanum Rock Art Museum Swedenbradshawfoundation.comThe 'Tanum petroglyphs' represent 1000's of images on over 600 panels, The petroglyphs depict boats (the Hjortspring boat), wagons (or carts), animals, and ...
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