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Author Ling, Johan

Title Rock Art and Seascapes in Uppland
Published Havertown : Oxbow Books, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (125 pages)
Series SWEDISH ROCK ART RESEARCH SERIES ; v. 1
SWEDISH ROCK ART RESEARCH SERIES
Contents Cover; abbreviations; list of figures; chapter 1 -- introduction; chapter 2 -- history of research; chapter 3 -- seascapes in uppland; chapter 4 -- conclusions; references
Summary Rock Art and Seascapes in Uppland presents a fresh approach to the detailed study of a selection of over 80 rock art panels located close to the present coastline of Uppland, Sweden, which include some 2000 ship depictions among the varied figurative art. Using GPS measurement combined with detailed study of the terrain, topography and relative sea level data in order to present accurate maps of the panels, the location and significance of the original positioning of rock art images in relation to their contemporaneous coastline is demonstrated and modelled. The implications in terms of chrono
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Subject Petroglyphs -- Sweden -- Uppland Region
Rock paintings -- Sweden -- Uppland Region
ART -- History -- Prehistoric & Primitive.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
Antiquities
Petroglyphs
Rock paintings
SUBJECT Uppland Region (Sweden) -- Antiquities
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781782971283
1782971289