Kategori: Stone Age Petroglyph
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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 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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The petroglyphs at Glösa
This rock face near the Swedish village of Glösa, in the province of Jämtland don’t look very special at a first glance. But it really is, especially if you are able to look closer at the carvings on the rock. This site was probably a sacred place to a group of hunters and gatherers around…
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