Rock Art From The Stone Age

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Steinsodden, Innlandet, Norway (3000 B.C)

16 elks are depicted on this large stone, still in open air situated by a lake in Southern Norway. Approximately 5000 years ago, people gathered here to carve the motives into the stone. It is obvious that the animals are portraying elks, but why they also show the internal organs and bone structure of the animal, we will probably never know. The motif might be a mix between securing the hunt and participating in magic-religious rituals.

Object type: Rock art stone
Chronology: Stone age
Material: Rock
Location: Steinsodden, Innlandet, Norway
Technology: Photogrammetry by Magne Samdal