Fornlämningar tanum
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Lista över fornlämningar i Tanums kommun (Tanum, övriga)
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Lista över fornlämningar i Tanums kommun (Tanum, hällristningar)
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Rock Carvings in Tanum
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Västra Götaland County, Sweden
The Rock Carvings in Tanum (Swedish: Hällristningsområdet i Tanum) are a collection of petroglyphs near Tanumshede, Bohuslän, Sweden, which were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in because of their high concentration.[1]
Petroglyphs
[edit]In total, there are thousands of images called the Tanum petroglyphs, on about panels within the World Heritage Area. These are concentrated in distinct areas along a 25 km stretch, and covers an area of about 51 hectares ( acres or km2).
While the region was on the coastline when the drawings were made, it is now at an elevation of 25m.[2]
Scandinavian Bronze Age and Iron Age people were sophisticated craftsmen and very competent travelers by water. (Dates for ages vary with the region; in Scandinavia, the Bronze Age is roughly to BCE) Many of the glyphs depict boats of which some seem to be of the Hjortspring boat type carrying around a dozen passengers. Wagons or carts are also depicted.
Other glyphs depict humans with a bow, spear or axe, and others depict hunting scenes. In all cases the pictures show people