Interpretations of footprints in the Bronze Age Rock Art of South Scandinavia
The Scandinavian landscape is littered with postglacial outcrops, many of which carry engraved motifs. Although drawings of ships are most often discussed, this paper focuses on representations of feet. In Northern Europe ship motifs are often associated with cosmologies based on the movement of the...
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| description | The Scandinavian landscape is littered with postglacial outcrops, many of which carry engraved motifs. Although drawings of ships are most often discussed, this paper focuses on representations of feet. In Northern Europe ship motifs are often associated with cosmologies based on the movement of the sun. This paper investigates whether drawings of feet could have been associated with the same worldview. A number of interpretations are offered of the images at two sites in different parts of Sweden: Järrestad 13:1 and Boglösa 138:1. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:23f37482-d0b5-4ade-a0de-91dea9039ac32022-03-26T11:47:05ZInterpretations of footprints in the Bronze Age Rock Art of South ScandinaviaJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:23f37482-d0b5-4ade-a0de-91dea9039ac3EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordCambridge University Press2017Skoglund, PNimura, CBradley, RThe Scandinavian landscape is littered with postglacial outcrops, many of which carry engraved motifs. Although drawings of ships are most often discussed, this paper focuses on representations of feet. In Northern Europe ship motifs are often associated with cosmologies based on the movement of the sun. This paper investigates whether drawings of feet could have been associated with the same worldview. A number of interpretations are offered of the images at two sites in different parts of Sweden: Järrestad 13:1 and Boglösa 138:1. |
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| title | Interpretations of footprints in the Bronze Age Rock Art of South Scandinavia |
| title_full | Interpretations of footprints in the Bronze Age Rock Art of South Scandinavia |
| title_fullStr | Interpretations of footprints in the Bronze Age Rock Art of South Scandinavia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Interpretations of footprints in the Bronze Age Rock Art of South Scandinavia |
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