Relations West Norway ‐ Western Europe documented in petroglyphs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7934809 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eva Nissen Fett, Ė Fett (University of Bergen, corresponding author), Per Fett (University of Bergen) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 65-92 |
| Publication date | 1979-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Norwegian Archaeological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0029-3652 • E-ISSN: 1502-7678 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00293652.1979.9965315 |
| OpenAlex | W2091946261 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Even though Nordic agrarian rock carvings belong to one cultural area, it is possible to sec certain features that distinguish West Norway from the rest of Scandinavia: The stock of motifs is poorer and panels with very limited choice of motifs are frequent; among the many ring figures there is a far higher number of sets of concentric rings than of cross‐rings in the West, while the proportion is quite the opposite in the East; ring figures in the West often have semi‐circular appendages, known only on a single panel in the East; a certain group of standing slabs with geometric decoration occur in the Southwest; frames and lattices are relatively common in the West, in the East known only in one limited area in Sweden (though also quite common there); U‐forms occur in a number on one panel in the West, while so far unknown in the East. A survey of both passage grave art and rock art in the Canary Islands, the Iberian Peninsula, Brittany, Ireland, Wales; England and Scotland shows that most characteristics of West‐Norwegian carvings are found more or less frequently in these West‐European areas. On the other hand, there are characteristics of West‐European carvings which are not to be seen in Scandinavia (e.g. gapped rings, ‘keyholes'), whether West or East. The discussion in the end mentions a few other archaeological facts showing direct contact between West Norway and the western islands, facts not excluding the evident and strong contact between West Norway and East Scandinavia (the boats!, which are never a motif on the panels of Atlantic Europe)
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2021 (39) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |