Solid As a Rock? An Ethnographical Study of the Management of Rock-carvings

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ID12476451
AuthorsAnders Gustafsson (0000-0001-8278-1442, corresponding author), Håkan Karlsson (0000-0001-5985-7330)
Year2004
Volume12
Issue1
Pages23-42
Publication date2004-12-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCurrent Swedish Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1102-7355 • E-ISSN: 2002-3901
PublisherSvenska Arkeologiska Samfundet (PUBLISHER • SE)
DOI10.37718/csa.2004.02
OpenAlexW3171254798
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited6

This paper takes its point of departure in a critical and ethnographically directed discussion ofhow Swedish heritage management —in practiceconstructs, organises and presents the past (ke. , the cultural heritage) to the public at the rock-carvings in Tanum. This ethnographical approach is helpful when trying to move beyond the structures —and specific ways of viewing the world —that are a consequence of our own archaeological socialisation. Suddenly activities that, with an archaeological eye, seem to be completely normal, present themselves instead as peculiar examples of the culture ofcontemporary archaeology/heritage management. In this paper we present examples —derived from both the past and present —ofhow this specific culture approach handles and stages the rock-carvings in Tanum. It is stressed that, for various reasons and not least ethical and democratic ones, this culture and its rituals need to be examined even further from an ethnographical point of view

Archaeology · Cultural heritage · Ethnography · Point (geometry · Sociology · Anthropology · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · History

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