Fantastic Beings and Where to Make Them ‒ Boats as Object-Beings in Bronze Age Rock Art

The boat motif in Bronze Age rock art is generally assumed to represent real or symbolic boats in some form. In this paper, however, it is argued that Bronze Age rock art motifs are independent material articulations, made to do something rather than to represent. From such a perspective, the hybri...

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Main Author: Fredrik Fahlander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Svenska Arkeologiska Samfundet 2019-12-01
Series:Current Swedish Archaeology
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Online Access:https://193.10.12.85:443/csa/article/view/103