Background I arrived at this study along an experiential path. As a child I explored the
sunken and mysterious hollow ways of the chalk downland where I grew up and which have …

The Element summarises the state of knowledge about four styles of prehistoric rock art in
Europe current between the late Mesolithic period and the Iron Age. They are the Levantine …

The unique rock art site of Kamyana Mohyla in south-eastern Ukraine contains numerous
petroglyphs from different chronological periods. 3D-modelling and mesh-analysis of rock …

This paper discusses rock art in southern Scandinavia as a multisensory format, where both
sight and touch would have contributed to the comprehension of the images. From a …

Ambiguous figures, as described in visual perceptual psychology, are single pictures that
contain several possible, mutually exclusive, motifs. When looking at a rock-art panel …

Recent research has established that south Scandinavia during the Nordic Bronze Age was
entirely dependent on imported metal. It was obviously in contact with other parts of Europe …

The past fifteen years have witnessed increasing effort to study and understand the belief
system of Bronze Age Scandinavia. Different forms of material culture—including rock art …

The Bronze Age rock art of southern Scandinavia comprises a unique tradition that is mainly
found along the coasts of southern Sweden, Norway, and to a minor extent in Denmark. In …

Traditionally the Bronze Age has been seen as a man's world, with travelling chiefs (eg
Kristiansen 2017; Kristiansen and Larsson 2005), active bronze smiths (Goldhahn 2007) …

Scandinavian rock carvings can be described as the special rock art languages that were
written by prehistoric humans to express their ideas, beliefs and thoughts. Each piece of …