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<< Our Photo Pages >> Alta (Norway) - Rock Art in Norway in Finnmark

Submitted by greywether on Thursday, 14 July 2005  Page Views: 20213

Rock ArtSite Name: Alta (Norway)
Country: Norway
NOTE: This site is 44.622 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Finnmark Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Alta
Latitude: 69.948100N  Longitude: 23.183300E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Alta (Norway)
Alta (Norway) submitted by greywether : Hunting from a boat. To the left of the boat is one of a number of abstract figures which are described as swimming reindeer. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Rock Art in Norway

This is rock art in the land of the midnight sun - the Finnmark area of Norway. The carvings in this UNESCO World Heritage site were not discovered until 1973. It is estimated that there are between 2500 and 3000 carvings dating back to around 4200 BC. They show people, animals, boats, fish and weapons. The Visitor Centre is open until 11pm in the summer months.
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Alta (Norway)
Alta (Norway) submitted by greywether : Just part of a heavily decorated and well preserved panel. In the top right hand corner are four persons holding an oval object. To quote the guide book - "[one] is squatting as if giving birth and this scene might be associated with a fertility ritual and beliefs about the beginning of life". Whatever they are doing, there are few places where you can see contemporary images of bronze age life. F... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Alta (Norway) submitted by kenntha88 : One of the rock panels at the west part of the rock art site. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Alta (Norway) submitted by kenntha88 : Alta (Norway) (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Alta (Norway) submitted by kenntha88 : Another archer in a probable hunting scene. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Alta (Norway) submitted by davidmorgan : It's a beautiful setting on a fjord in the Arctic. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Alta (Norway) submitted by greywether : A hunting scene. The person seems to be holding a stick with a moose shaped head. (2 comments)

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Alta (Norway) submitted by greywether : In the centre is a boat upside down relative to the other figures - the grid may be the boat's fishing net.

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Alta (Norway) submitted by greywether : A line of reindeer - two of them pregnant.

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Alta (Norway) submitted by greywether : A fishing scene.

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Alta (Norway) submitted by kenntha88 : A strange carving of two long lines of small holes. Perhaps picturing animal tracks?

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Alta (Norway) submitted by kenntha88 : Another boat carving with a large human figure holding two objects. Probably some ritual.

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Alta (Norway) submitted by kenntha88 : One of the most interesting carvings at the site. Seems to be of some sort of eye.

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Alta (Norway) submitted by kenntha88 : Another boat with several human figures. The boat carvings are most common among bronze age rock art, but here we find them from younger stone age also.

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Alta (Norway) submitted by kenntha88 : A boat figure with very straight keel and top lines.

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Alta (Norway) submitted by kenntha88 : Four human figures surrounding a circle or sun symbol. The figures are thought to picture females. Perhaps some sort of fertility ritual? (1 comment)

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Alta (Norway) submitted by kenntha88 : More animal figures holding staffs or instrument of some sort.

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Alta (Norway) submitted by kenntha88 : Alta (Norway)

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Alta (Norway) submitted by kenntha88 : Ten entangled human figures with smaller child figures among them. Two of them seem to be holding staffs of some sort. A dance or maybe a ritual?

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Alta (Norway) submitted by kenntha88 : The east part of the Alta rock art site was discovered when this bolt was drilled into the rock and the moss removed.

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Alta (Norway) submitted by kenntha88 : Some of the unpainted figures. Several human figures holding each others hands and seem to perform some sort of dance.

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Re: Alta (Norway) by SumDoood on Sunday, 23 January 2011
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A wonderful place. Here are my images from a visit in summer 2008: http://bit.ly/f7yLZ5
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Re: Alta (Norway) by greywether on Sunday, 17 July 2005
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