Chapter 12 The partial and the vague as a visual mode in Bronze Age rock art

Studies of rock art normally depart from a classification of type, style and what the motifs represents or depicts. South Scandinavian rock art, however, is often vague, incomplete and fragmentary. In this chapter, it is argued that certain rock art motifs, mainly boats and anthropomorphs, were deli...

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Main Author: Fahlander, Fredrik (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Manchester Manchester University Press 2020
Series:Social Archaeology and Material Worlds
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