Kategori: Stone Age
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Advent calendar Flap 5, the Stala Pickaxe
Flap 6 Behind flap 6 in this year’s Advent calendar is the so-called Stala Pickaxe. It was found on the island of Orust in Bohuslän, Sweden and received its name from Stala parish, where it was discovered in 1857. In 1867 it was displayed at the World Exhibition in Paris, and a few years later…
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The Pittfall traps at Västanbäck-Kortingön
En svensk version av texten finns under den engelska. English: The Pittfall traps at Västanbäck-Kortingön On my trip to the most northern part of Scandinavia during the summer of 2024, I chose to take a break 16 km northeast of Junsele along road 90 at a place called Västanbäck-Kortingön to stretch my legs. The driving…
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The Rock Paintings at Tumlehed
A English version of my text can be found below the Swedish one. Hällmålningarna vid Tumlehed Det här är en fornlämning som inte är helt lätt att hitta trots att den ligger så nära Göteborg. Detta är med stor sannolikhet då den är så unik och känslig för potentiell skadegörelse. Tanken är att de som…
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Saivaara Stone Age Village
I had been driving for many hours through northern Sweden to reach Saivaara in the province of Norrbotten, not far from the border with Finland, about halfway between Sangis and Övertorneå. I arrived quite late in the evening because of the long drive. Which wasn’t a problem because of the midsummer sun at this very…
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Gärde Petroglyphs
This summer I visited Offerdal and the petroglyphs at Gärde in Jämtland, Sweden. The drive there goes along a small gravel road through a spectacular countryside with pastures and old farmhouses. The site is easily accessible with a large parking lot and a short trail that leads to a bridge that takes the visitor over…
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The Rock Pantings at Flatruet
This post is about a subject that I haven’t written about before, rock paintings. This is because they are quite rare here in Sweden with only 52 known sites across the country. Most of them are found in the northern parts of Sweden and a few in Värmland and Bohuslän. A large concentration of them…
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Zlatý kůň Cave
I came across this cave when I travelled through the Czech Republic and I got a tip from a friend to visit this place. Little did I know its importance in human history. Zlatý kůň means Golden Horse in czech. It is located about 40 minutes drive southwest of Prague. The cave is located in…
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Hallstatt Salt Mines
Last summer I went on a roadtrip in Central Europe, traveling by campervan. When I was traveling through the Austrian alps i realized how close I was to Hallstatt. A place I knew from several documentaries abut the amazing Celtic Broze Age finds made there, so I just had to make a stop. The small…
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The Rock Art at Alta
This summer i visited the UNESCO world heritage site of Hjemmeluft in Alta, Nothern Norway. The wider area of Alta made it on the list in 1985 and the rock carvings or petroglyphs here was by then fairly newly discovered. The first ones were discovered in 1973. There are a total of around 6000 different…
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Ceavccageađge – Mortensnes
Sometimes you find places you didn’t know that you were looking for, and for me Mortensnes was just such a place. I was traveling in my van along a small road in spectacular landscape on the Varangerhalvøya when I saw a sign indicating a site of cultural heritage. So I decided to stop to check…
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