Journal article
Interpretations of footprints in the Bronze Age Rock Art of South Scandinavia
- Abstract:
- 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.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society Journal website
- Volume:
- 83
- Pages:
- 289-303
- Publication date:
- 2017-03-20
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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2050-2729
- ISSN:
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0079-497X
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Pubs id:
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pubs:728386
- UUID:
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uuid:23f37482-d0b5-4ade-a0de-91dea9039ac3
- Local pid:
- pubs:728386
- Source identifiers:
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728386
- Deposit date:
- 2019-10-27
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- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- This is an author version of the article. The final version is available online from the publisher's website
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