Levels of Narrativity in Scandinavian Bronze Age Petroglyphs

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ID6045249
AutoresMette Ranta (0000-0002-2160-3770, Lund University, autor de correspondencia), Peter Skoglund (0000-0002-3021-5913, Department of Archaeology), Anna Cabak Rédei (0000-0003-4246-3153, Cognitive Research (United States)), Torsten Persson (0000-0002-3559-8781, Lund University), Tomas Persson (0000-0002-7117-9023)
Año2019
Volumen29
Número3
Páginas497-516
Fecha de publicación2019-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCambridge Archaeological Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0959-7743 • E-ISSN: 1474-0540
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0959774319000118
OpenAlexW2909567551
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas21

In Europe, Scandinavia holds the largest concentration of rock art (i.e. petroglyphs), createdc.5000–first centurybc, many of them showing figurative and seemingly narrative representations. In this paper, we will discuss possible narratological approaches applied to these images. We might reasonably distinguish between three levels of pictorial narrativity: representations of (i) single events, understood as the transition from one state of affairs to another, usually involving (groups of) agents interacting; (ii) stories, e.g. particular sequences of related events that are situated in the past and retold for e.g. ideological or religious purposes; and (iii) by implication, master-narratives deeply embedded in a culture, which provide and consolidate cosmological explanations and social structures. Some concrete examples of petroglyphs will be presented and analysed from narratological and iconographical perspectives. We will as a point of departure focus on (i), i.e. single events, though we shall also further consider the possibility of narrative interpretations according to (ii) and (iii

Aesthetics · Art · Ideology · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Narrativity · Political science · Politics · Situated · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Computer Science · History · Language and cultural evolution · Law · Philosophy