Ecologies of Bronze Age Rock Art : Organisation, Design and Articulation of Petroglyphs in Eastern-Central Sweden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fahlander, Fredrik.

Series:

Swedish Rock Art Research Series

Swedish Rock Art Research Series ; v.9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroglyphs.

Bronze age.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Oxbow Books, Limited, 2024.

Summary:

This book explores the Bronze Age rock art of eastern-central Sweden, focusing on the organization, design, and articulation of petroglyphs. It examines these artifacts from a dynamic and inclusive perspective, considering their roles as active materialities in social relations. The study is rooted in the Mälaren Bay area and discusses the distribution, chronology, and motifs such as cupmarks, boats, and anthropomorphic figures. The author, Fredrik Fahlander, aims to provide an empirical analysis of these rock art motifs, viewing them as vitalist technologies rather than mere pictures. The book contributes to the Swedish Rock Art Research Series and is intended for researchers and scholars interested in archaeology and ancient art. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Ecologies of Bronze Age Rock Art

Title

Copyright

Contents

Preface

1 Ecologies of rock art

A dynamic and inclusive perspective

From art to articulation: visual andmaterial agency

From multispecies to multi-entity archaeology

An ontological inquiry: animism, magic and the transcendent

Rock art as a vitalist technology?

About the book

2 The rock art of the Mälaren Bay

Defining the study area

Distribution and documentation of the Mälaren rock art

Chronology of the rock art

The region to the south of Mälaren

The region north of Mälaren

Regional trends and patterns in the rock art of the Mälaren district

Local densities, frequencies and representation

Distribution of sites over time and space

3 Organisation and articulation of the motifs

The cupmarks

The boat motif

Anthropomorphs (and body parts)

Podomorphs (dressed and naked feet)

The zoomorphic figures

Circular motifs

Miscellaneous motifs: weapons/tools, trees and mantle figures

Rock art motifs on other medialities and in other contexts Generated by AI.

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Other Format:

Print version: Fahlander, Fredrik Ecologies of Bronze Age Rock Art

ISBN:

9798888571408

OCLC:

1453194702