Nämforsen rock carvings
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Nämforsen rock carvings are a major Scandinavian prehistoric rock art site in northern Sweden, featuring thousands of petroglyphs depicting animals, humans, and boats dating back to the Stone and Bronze Ages.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
petroglyph site
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prehistoric rock art site ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Sweden ⓘ |
| culturalPeriod |
Bronze Age
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Stone Age ⓘ |
| depicts |
animals
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boats ⓘ humans ⓘ hunting scenes ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | local inhabitants (traditional knowledge) ⓘ |
| earliestDate | circa 4000 BCE ⓘ |
| environment |
area around former rapids of Ångerman River
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riverine landscape ⓘ |
| feature |
carvings near a major river rapid
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petroglyphs carved into rock surfaces ⓘ |
| hasNameInSwedish | Nämforsens hällristningar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFacility | Nämforsen rock art museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPetroglyphType |
animal figures
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boat figures ⓘ elk figures ⓘ fish figures ⓘ geometric figures ⓘ human figures ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | protected cultural heritage site in Sweden ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Swedish ⓘ |
| latestDate | circa 500 BCE ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Näsåker
NERFINISHED
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Sollefteå Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ Ångerman River NERFINISHED ⓘ Ångermanland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | rock ⓘ |
| numberOfPetroglyphs | thousands ⓘ |
| region | Scandinavia ⓘ |
| researchField |
Scandinavian prehistory
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rock art studies ⓘ |
| significance |
major Scandinavian prehistoric rock art site
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one of the largest rock art sites in Scandinavia ⓘ |
| studiedBy | archaeologists ⓘ |
| tourism | important archaeological tourist attraction ⓘ |
| usedFor |
communication of cosmological beliefs (hypothesized)
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hunting magic (hypothesized) ⓘ ritual activities (hypothesized) ⓘ |
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